I sat down at the table, took a deep breath, smiled at Detective Masterson, and nodded at Deputy Slalom. It was going to be a great summer. Normal.

Nothing like an orange and olive green-striped couch sitting on orange carpet and surrounded by dark wood paneling to get the inspiration rolling.

Unsolicited advice is the junk mail of life.

If there is any justice in this world, to be a White Sox fan frees a man from any other form of penance.

I have found that I work best when I am at home in Nigeria. But one learns to work in other places.

The thing about making a documentary in Las Vegas is there isn't much to film apart from other people making documentaries about Las Vegas.

She's sun and rain, she's fire and ice, a little crazy, but it's nice. And when she gets mad, you best leave her alone, cause she'll rage like a river then she'll beg you to forgive her.

The dollar bill is God in the States. All those Pelican people just believe in money and nothing else.

I bought the book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I paid to have it made into a play and I played in it for six months. I came back and I tried to make it into a movie, without success.

Wear your heart on your sleeve and be kind. And just be the way you are-what you see is what you get.

To paint is always to start at the beginning again, yet being unable to avoid the familiar arguments about what you see yourself painting.

When we are strong, we are always much greater than the things that happen to us.