Tyler Perry

“If you look at 'The Have and the Have Nots,' I didn't want to write a show where everyone is great and wonderful and perfect. I wanted to write it so that you're not really sure who the haves are. You look at Hanna, and you see that she doesn't have much, but she has great faith.”

“As I experience life and go through things, that's what I write about.”

“The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.”