An artist who theorizes about his work is no longer artist but critic.

The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.

One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap.

The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.

There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it.

Virtue knows no color line.

Those who commit the murders write the reports.

I am only a mouthpiece through which to tell the story of lynching and I have told it so often that I know it by heart. I do not have to embellish; it makes its own way.

A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home.

The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.

The appetite grows for what it feeds on.

I never wanted to be a painter; I wanted to be a tap dancer.

All success consists in this: You are doing something for somebody - benefiting humanity - and the feeling of success comes from the consciousness of this.

My mother's great line was, Grasp the nettle with two hands, girl, because if you don't somebody else will.

If you've got Mystique as your girlfriend the fun you could have in bed - I've just imagined X-Men 3 might open with me in bed with Patrick Stewart.

I'm still an atheist, thank God.

I barely can go shopping for clothes. I find it difficult to walk into stores. The whole thing bores me so much.

If the gospel of Jesus Christ can be proclaimed as a theology of self-esteem, imagine the health this could generate in society!

I think envy motivates a lot of people.

I'm quite a fan of British designers.

It is impossible to need excuses when the focus of your life shifts from 'What's in it for me?' to 'How can I serve?'