By the time I got to Harvard, I feel like I knew who I was, and my job there was to throw as much against the wall as possible, to see what would stick.

Remember something about attention. Yes, it’s possible to buy, grab, or even steal it. But it’s far better to earn it.

I care about the diversity of the mindset of the people creating our future, and the windows through which we see it, and the tools we use to build it.

There are so many ways to be and to be black at the same time, but we're finally seeing that full range expressed much more widely than before.

Knowing that "me" is inextricably linked to blackness, [I try to enjoy] the process of expanding beyond the expected boundaries set by existing culture, norms and media.

New York has been the best gift, in that the city pushes me to so many next levels.

Mostly I try to be the best example of me that I can be.

I don't know that I'm post-anything. I'd like to think maybe I'm post-bullshit.

Okay, well, if motion is the constant, how can I remain in motion?

As far as hip-hop is concerned, I'm no expert and rarely think consciously about how I "represent" hip-hop.

You can call me namastunde or surfatunde. Either works.

Educate a boy, and you educate an individual. Educate a girl, and you educate a community.

But even as she was going through with it she knew it was useless, just as it was useless to save a single earring when the other half of the pair was lost

This is Buddhist meditation-to penetrate, to be one with, in order to really understand.

I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images.

If vampires ever spend less time playing theatrics and living down to their stereotypes, they might actually take over the world someday

All of our holy fathers knew this and all with one accord teach that perfection in holiness can be achieved only through humility.

What a horrifying notion," he said. "A creature with the power to take over one's mind.

The wheel weaves as the wheel wills

Yeah, that's funny, huh?...Something hurts you real bad and you get used to it. Like being hurt becomes part of who you are.

We need only in cold blood to act as if the thing in question were real and it will infallibly end by growing into such a connection with our life that it will become real.