I think that they [Bush Administration] are men who are possessed of evil.

Each and every one of you has the power, the will and the capacity to make a difference in the world in which you live in

Artists are the gatekeepers of truth. We are civilization’s anchor. We are the compass for humanity’s conscience.

In the gun game, we are the most hunted. The river of blood that washes the streets of our nation flows mostly from the bodies of our black children.

I am who I am despite what America has put before me. I am who I am despite the obstacles that we have all faced based upon race and based upon social and spiritual humiliation.

You can cage the singer but not the song.

Art in its highest form is art that serves and instructs society and human development.

Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.

These children and their parents know that getting an education is not only their right, but a passport to a better future - for the children and for the country.

We've come to this dark time in which the new Gestapo of Homeland Security lurks here, where citizens are having their rights suspended.

Where is the raised voice of black America? Why are we mute?

The future when it comes, is just like the present. The present is all you have and the opportunity of the present is worth more than the success of the past or the promise of the future.

Stop trying to be Perfect

Stories are flight simulators for our brains.

Cheese, in any form, is my guilty pleasure. I would rather have a cheese platter for dinner than any meal. There's nothing better!

Whatever I write, no matter how gray or dark the subject matter, it's still going to be a comic novel.

Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold.

The calendar has a magic that makes us imagine a memory can be resurrected and revived, but nothing returns.

If you think that the brass is not blowing loud enough, mute it by a couple of degrees.

Are you sleepwalking?' A voice asked behind me. "I was testing dorm security," I said. "It sucks.

If you think you can - you can ! If you think you can not - you can not ! And either way........you are right !