I thought I was gonna be an attorney, so I went to Dartmouth and I was a government major and I minored in environmental policy, and I didn't do anything academically around the arts.

Marriage isn't a carnival ride.

I don't believe in superheroes but I love Batman movies. There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.

On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors.

Nothing really worth having is easy to get. The hard-fought battles, the goals won with sacrifice, are the ones that matter.

Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.

Karaoke is the great equalizer.

You can only really learn from failure ... To win, you need to fail, and fail hard.

My parents were vegetarians. I'd show up at school, this giant black kid, with none of the cool clothes and a tofu sandwich and celery sticks.

Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.

I don't want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.

The wolf was sick, he vowed a monk to be - But when he got well, a wolf once more was he

The applause of silence. is the only kind that counts.

We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage.

I don't do abstract art because I don't find it as interesting as I do subjects and depictions.

The way we see the world is not actually the world in itself. What we see is our idea of it. The truth is, we have no notion of what the world is other than through the veils of our perception.

Like I said, repetition in practice and hard work.

I live now in solitude and am able to use my time reflecting on the past and preparing for death. I cannot put away the thought of the Indians and in my ambition I fly to the Rockies.

Being in love with someone who doesn't even know that you exist isn't the worst thing in the world.

The first step into justice begins with the politicians. You have to demand from yourself what you demand from people.

Give yourself the gift of nature as often as you can.