"Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true."

"Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines."

"From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in dreams, so that at all times they ardently desired them."

"However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak to no-one, but remain alone and sober until everything comes back to him, and he recalls the dream."

"I don't want to rap about my car. How generic is that? Be creative."

"I am a bit of a fundamentalist when it comes to black women's hair. Hair is hair - yet also about larger questions: self-acceptance, insecurity and what the world tells you is beautiful. For many black women, the idea of wearing their hair naturally is unbearable."

"Home is, I suppose just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to feel safe."

"The Export-Import Bank is one of the most important tools America has to create jobs."