I also think it's crucial to convey that the [Black] Movement largely succeeded because of the unwavering dedication of young people willing to risk their comfort, their safety, their lives.

I think being able to identify with young people and...their capacity to change the world and shake things up. I think that's the greatest strength.

A decade passed between King's assassination and my birth, but the older I get, the more acutely aware I become that 10 years is nothing.

Influence can be the worst gun nowadays.

My soul is exceedingly joyful.

Wouldn't it help you to realize that you really do live in an epic if your life had a soundtrack?

We are now in a position to determine just what sort of science fiction story this really is.

If you want to make God laugh, tell her your plans.

A modest critique of an age in which an actor is the President, in which fashion models are asked for their opinions, in which getting into a nightclub is seen as a significant human achievement.

I have replaced my instinct for secrecy with an instinct for confession.

If government were a plant, it would be kudzu.

We're part of a greater humanity and we can actually affect the world by the choices we make once we leave the theater.