I always wanted to be as busy as possible so that if one job went away I'd still have plenty of other things to do.

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.

The right? Ah, what does it help to be in the right if you don't have any power?

Ain’t I your man?” he persisted.“Yeah, Ellis, you’re my man.” Her lips quaked as she said it.

One hour of life crowded to the full with glorious action and filled with noble risks is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum.

The biggest risk I've ever taken is going on American Idol and trying to be myself. I wasn't going to try too hard to conform, and I knew that it could possibly not work out.

when a person implores you to be reasonable what he means is that you should speed round forthwith to his point of view.

The way you make an omelet reveals your character.

All I did was sit on the riverbank handing out river water. After I'm gone, I trust you will notice the river.

Ride on! Ride on over all obstacles and win the race.

Acquire a peaceful spirit, and thousands around you will be saved.

We are, on the whole, an idolatrous people...