Quotes About Perspective

When you're six years old, you don't look at things the way an adult looks at things.

Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.

Women have an advantage in that they can think both like a woman and a man.

You can't judge somebody when they're doing well: You've got to judge them when they're going through adversity.

I grew up in a country where advertising doesn't exist.

I tell people, Don't take my advice. What do I know?

I would hate to think my songs were giving advice to people.

My biggest advice for high school girls is to not take yourself so seriously.

A lot of people advise me about the things that I need to do and shouldn't do, but I feel there is no right or wrong in the industry.

I'm not going to be one of those people who says, 'I'm a showrunner; I'm not a black showrunner.' I'm black when I go to sleep. I'm black when I wake up, period. It doesn't affect my perspective on everything, but at the same time, it's who I am, and I'm proud of it.

Why can't black women on stage tell stories that can affect white men in the audience?

It's hard to say if actual places really affect the way you write.

If a story is telling a truth, then why shouldn't it affect everybody?

If my team and family are happy for me, I'm not going to let what some fans think affect me in any way.

You can't allow money to affect your happiness because that is never going to bring you joy.

I think when you're put into a completely different situation and environment, you really see who you are. You're not affected by what's around you. You are who you are.

Success has affected my self-definition in that I have more money. Writers pooh-pooh that idea, but it's a huge deal.

I'm very affected by what I watch and read.

The songs I write and the way I see the world have been affected a certain amount since I became a father.

There are faith-based movies that some people don't consider good, but every time it comes to the scene where someone's life is changed, that still affects me.

You can make what you want. People care about what the artist has to say, what the sound is, and how it affects them.

Most of the roles I've had, usually the story's about how the man affects my character.

From my experience, I can affirm that I don't really know how the women see the world like, but it seems to be quite different from how men do.

But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan.