I'm going out... because I deserve to go out! And I'm going to get drunk... because I deserve to get drunk! And get out of my way!

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.

Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.

I wasn't always black... there was this freckle, and it got bigger and bigger.

Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made.

It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is not all that's beautiful.

The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.

Unerring solitude forces a person to confront their morality and aloneness. Solitude makes personal confession possible.

He does kiss like a pirate though, I was able to re-affirm that.

Always question your fear, Anh. there's almost never a good reason to be scared.

I was given baby doll toys myself, and they proved a stark reminder that my life was expected to revolve around childbearing - just as my mom's had before me, and her mom's had before her.

Let us remember that the times which future generations delight to recall are not those of ease and prosperity, but those of adversity bravely borne.

She [Hillary Clinton] exudes leadership, confidence and - importantly - empathy, compassion, and understanding.

Kurt had this dumb suicidal ideation - that's what I called it. I thought if we could live through this, we could live through anything.

Sorry I’m so sarcastic. I feel really bad about it.

Theatre within theatre, when characters sees themselves on stage, always raises philosophical questions of choice and free will.

From an egotistical point of view, I'm always interested in roles that push me as a person. I'm interested in humans as animals and as products of society.