I was rapping at eight.

I am a hopeless romantic and so is my wife.

Art is supposed to spark conversation and make people think.

To be compared to Will Smith is probably one of the coolest things because that's who I came up admiring.

Just speak yourself into existence. Whatever you want, speak it. You can see it.

Don't worry about my life, worry about why you're worried about my life!

The people who truly love me and loved me before all of this stuff. You can't ever leave them behind.

Trying to save a hater is like trying to teach astrophysics to a wino!

We are already expected to be the goodie two shoes. I went through that during my junior high schools where I wasn't allowed to watch television. I wasn't allowed to listen to the radio.

So my father was a person who never lied to me. If I had a question, he answered it. I knew a lot of things at a young age because I was intrigued.

Having children obviously changes your priorities, but when you start to see life through these innocent eyes and seeing everything for the first time, you appreciate the small things.

Stand up for what you believe in even if it means standing alone.

In my own book-signings, I find humility. It’s always humbling when people go out of their way to come visit with me and by some of my books.

I want to affirm that thinking and living, knowing and doing, theory and practice intersect.

Although he's regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics.

Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another.

The sillier the market's behavior, the greater the opportunity for the business like investor.

I do strive to find projects that are trying to carve out some new space. I enjoy projects that leap away from the crowd a little bit.

I put the ball in play. That's what I want.

The squabbles of philandering Zeus and shrewish Hera are the Greeks' comment on married life.

Your challenge is not your challenge. Your challenge is the way you think about your challenge. Your problem is not your problem; it is the way you look at it.