I got my first job as a card-carrying actor in New York in 1967. Before that, I was a very desperate wannabe.

Challenge yourself; it’s the only path which leads to growth.

I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice.

I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions.

How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.

Don't be different just for different's sake. If you see it differently, function that way. Follow your own muse, always.

How are we going to get rid of racism? Stop talking about it!

Donald Trump is the Honey Boo Boo of rich people.

Attacking People With Disabilities is the Lowest Display of Power I Can Think Of

Never let pride be your guiding principle. Let your accomplishments speak for you.

The highest power is the human mind. That's where God came from and my belief in God is my belief in myself.

The quite person's mind is a raging ocean!

Everything was believed except the truth.

As a journalist, or an anthropologist, the convention is that people are there for you to study, and they are your objects.

Ive been blessed to have a long career.

You look at public education system, charter schools, infrastructure, in so many ways New Orleans has come back stronger.

Fortunately, perhaps, I was completely ignorant of the orthodox theory of the disease polio-myelitis.

A great man need not be virtuous, nor his opinions right, but he must have a firm mind, a distinctive luminous character.

If I lose at play, I blaspheme; if my fellow loses, he blasphemes. So, God is always the loser.

That loyalty to the country comes ahead of all other loyalties. And this is an absolute loyalty, since one cannot weight it in terms of what one receives.

I think it's impossible to know the destiny of things.