I was raised by a single dad, so I've always just kind of liked "guys" stuff. I think my dad just took me to the things he was interested in.

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.

Going through fear is one thing, being beyond it is another.

For most people, language is our primary interface with each other and with the external world.

Just like New Yorkers themselves, the trees in New York [city] work harder than any others in the world.

Faith and fear both demand you believe in something you cannot see. You choose.

I stay off the Internet.

Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.

My family fulfills me.

You need people around you that care about you and are thinking about you in your best interest. And keep your mind straight.

The world belongs to the discontented.