But I love stand-up, and it's where I came from creatively, so it's something I never want to walk away from.

Marriage isn't a carnival ride.

I don't believe in superheroes but I love Batman movies. There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.

On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors.

Nothing really worth having is easy to get. The hard-fought battles, the goals won with sacrifice, are the ones that matter.

Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.

Karaoke is the great equalizer.

You can only really learn from failure ... To win, you need to fail, and fail hard.

My parents were vegetarians. I'd show up at school, this giant black kid, with none of the cool clothes and a tofu sandwich and celery sticks.

Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.

I don't want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.

To fall in love with someone's thoughts - the most intimate, splendid romance.

...the only difference between a young person at the height of their exuberance and a very old person who is frail and physically wasted is time.

Arrogance kills Creativity, Curiosity and Passion. Stop it and you'll learn more.

The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future come together in a kind of rough jazz, if you like.

I could sit here in the tribunes and watch Michelle Kwan skate for hours.

Haven't you guessed by now? I say, my heart hammering. My home is you.

If she does have a failing, and it's obviously only a tiny one, it's that she doesn't seem particularly curious about other people, or me, anyway.

You are what you repeatedly do when things get hard.

Each element of the cosmos is positively woven from all the others...The universe holds together, and only one way of considering it is really possible, that is, to take it as a whole, in one piece.

The kid doesn't chew tobacco, smoke, drink, curse or chase broads. I don't see how he can make it.