I can dip the pen in my own blood if I choose.

Fears drive us backwards.

What is their real problem? Is it the fear or is it what they do after feeling it?

By failing to live by the letter of the texts, while tolerating the irrationality of those who do, religious moderates betray faith and reason equally.

Her eyes were celadon saucers but bottomless, of such great depth that she could take in the knowledge of whole worlds and have room in that gaze for still more.

My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman. We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren't rich - but we felt secure.

In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and men, as I reflect others. One day even the most self-protective ones will look into the mirror I provide and not be afraid.

I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff.

Every business is there to make money, and making a record is business. This tends to be forgotten by many.

I want roles that challenge people to question where they are in life.

Some of the jam we thought was for tomorrow, we've already eaten