“That's the gift 'Precious' has given me. You really think you're telli...” — Lee Daniels Quote

“That's the gift 'Precious' has given me. You really think you're telling a story about a fat black girl, and only fat black girls will understand it, and then you realize we're all Precious.”

“The rules are: The only ego is the film, and you have to serve the film.”

“While I am not a musician, I love music. I have over 15,000 songs on my iPod. Everything from hard core rap to the soundtrack from the original 'Cinderella.'”

“Summer is very precious.”

“The most precious resource we have is time.”

“I write so much and I release so much music that I think I'm less precious about that stuff than a lot of people.”