I love writing for and about women. In my whole career I have.

In writing for movies, you obviously want to resolve things and have a sense of completion at the end - in an ideal way.

As a kid, I used to be equal parts drawn to and horrified of the circus. They would have these beautiful canvas posters for Lobster Boy, bearded women, and this and that.

Work hard in Silence, let success make the noise.

If genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the one percent.

When to elect there is but one Tis Hobson's Choice take that or none.

It is well that war is so terrible - we would grow too fond of it.

The average comedian is kind of an observer looking at everyday things that everyone could relate to and then trying to find the exaggeration in those things.

I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.

I'm not interested in a marketable product: I'm interested in what I know from my life experience to be standards of excellence

I am against market fundamentalism. I think this propaganda that government involvement is always bad has been very successful - but also very harmful to our society.

It's official: cyber terror is the new yellowcake uranium.

Avoidance of sin is lighter than the pain of remorse.