I consider myself a religious person. God is something very personal with me and I don't flaunt religion in conversation with others.

I suppose everyone tells little white lies. Quite often they're necessary to make someone feel better or prevent feelings from being hurt. Whoppers? No, that's dangerous and they'll boomerang.

Nothing is secret once you tell anyone. If you want to keep it quiet - don't tell a soul.

Over a long period of time, living as if you were someone else is no fun.

It was like that kid had been born knowing how to read. He was only in the second grade but he loved to read stories by himself - and he never asked anybody else to read to him.

I heard a white writer say, 'Oh, I'd never put black people in my writing, I'm afraid I would offend someone by doing it wrong.' I can't bear that!

Baseball is a game of averages, but over a short period of time, to have a little luck going is not a bad thing.

I'm turning 30 years old this year ... it's better than 20, I'll tell you that. The lessons I've learned.

I don't want to live my life in a five-star hotel. That's not real life to me. You can't appreciate it.

My relationship with "Pollyanna" is a very personal one, because Pollyanna got me through my childhood.

I walked away to get wisdom, but in the end I just walked home.

I don't quite see the 20th century as one of chaos. But I believe in certain inevitable outcomes of a materialist nature.

I believe in myself as I look forward to graduating from Hamilton Heights High School in 1991.

We're in an environment where everyone gets compartmentalized very quickly.