I think that one thing that America is guilty of is not ever apologizing for the greatest sin of the country, which is slavery.

The truth is more important to me than anything - my personal wealth or health or any of these things. I think that it's not so difficult for me to say what I'm saying.

People learn who they are by the images of themselves, the representations that they seek.

If hell comes as a result of my speaking the truth, then let it come.

Racism is a common thread among people of color, even though each experience with it is different.

The beauty of doing a series is that, over the course of time, it's like peeling an onion. You're able to reveal these layers, more and more. You just don't want to reveal too much, too soon.

I think that in some ways there is no more important thing in my life outside of family and God.

I think that Hollywood is content with condescending to Black people, patronizing them, feeling sorry for us, and I think we're happy to take the pat on the head as a people and take whatever awards.

Hollywood loves to pat itself on the back and espouse their rhetorically liberal points of view while they continue to be the 1 percent and point the finger at the other guy.

The Black church is extremely important in Black America. I think most Americans themselves believe in a divine power, in a god, and I'm sure that that number increases with Black people.

Do not be ashamed of your past. Learn from those experiences and move forward in your life. Teach others of the possibilities of change & living victoriously. You are a survivor.

God's miracles are to be found in nature itself the wind and waves the wood that becomes a tree - all of these are explained biologically but behind them is the hand of God.

Arguing is a game that two can play at. But it is a strange game in that neither opponent ever wins.

Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember "Life is too short to be little".

All businessmen are scum.

Happy or Unhappy, families are all mysterious.

Don't be interesting - be interested.

We'd failed, maybe, but some mysteries aren't meant to be solved.

The local groceries are all out of broccoli, loccoli.

When you're following your energy and doing what you want all the time, the distinction between work and play dissolves.