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I want to be remembered as somebody that tried to respect her integrity as an artist and as a person. And I don't want to be in any box. I don't want to be one thing.

If you want to live a memorable life, you have to be the kind of person who remembers to remember.

I want to be remembered as a storyteller.

I'm here to be an actor who wants to be remembered for her roles and her films rather than her looks.

I want to be remembered as a storyteller more than someone who had something meaningful to say.

My goal is that after I am dead and gone, I want people to remember me for the person I am.

I want history to remember me... not as the first black woman to have made a bid for the presidency of the United States, but as a black woman who lived in the 20th century and who dared to be herself. I want to be remembered as a catalyst for change in America.

I don't want to be remembered as a writer. I would rather be remembered as a storyteller.

I'd like to be remembered as somebody who tried to promote justice.