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Yes, in my books I do edit myself to keep from becoming the Village Explainer. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#books #edit #i #i do #keep

Hollywood is finally waking up to the fact that people who go to church also go to the movies. I'm not sure what took them so long to see that or how long they'll keep it up. ↗

— Tyler Perry

#church #fact #finally #go #hollywood

I know my audience, and they're not people that the studios know anything about. ↗

— Tyler Perry

#anything #audience #i #know #people

I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make it. To those of you who have, welcome to life. I celebrate you. ↗

— Tyler Perry

#far #i #know #life #lot

I was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying to survive. ↗

— Tyler Perry

#boy #face #i #just #name

I work three months really hard, nonstop, and then I take a month off. Then I do it all over again. I work hard but I give myself four breaks a year. ↗

— Tyler Perry

#breaks #four #give #hard #i

I've always wanted to work with Blair, and finally the timing was right. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. I think he's a hugely underrated actor in Hollywood. ↗

— Tyler Perry

#always #amount #blair #finally #him

Success consists in being successful, not in having potential for success. Any wide piece of ground is the potential site of a palace, but there's no palace till it's built. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#being #built #consists #ground #having

I didn't have a catharsis for my childhood pain, most of us don't, and until I learned how to forgive those people and let it go, I was unhappy. ↗

— Tyler Perry

#childhood #forgive #go #how #i

There's a huge demand for my entertainment, and I can't meet the need. So I decided to try a TV show to reach as many of my fans as possible. ↗

— Tyler Perry

#demand #entertainment #fans #huge #i