In songs, you have to tell people about something they didn't see and weren't there for, and you have to do it as if you were.

Sometimes you just have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on.

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

People have a hard time accepting anything that overwhelms them.

Your heart is like the ocean, mysterious and dark.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

You need something to open up a new door, to show you something you seen before but overlooked a hundred times or more

How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see?

Just one smileImmensely increases the beauty Of the universe.

His strength kept me moving forward, and it was also tearing me apart.

No one ever became great without troubles. Troubles are opportunities for greatness in disguise

I wouldn't call myself a standup in the presence of Jerry Seinfeld or Chris Rock, but I do my share of it and it has been and remains part of my activity and I like it.

The worst thing for people to say about your movies is, "Yeah, it was pretty good, but it was too damn long.".

Feminism as a theoretical enterprise is approached differently by Black women depending on where we are. There are more reformist Black women who tend to use the phrase "Black feminism".

Young men may enjoy dropping their work at five or six o'clock and slipping into a dress suit for an evening of pleasure; but the habit has certain drawbacks.

The noir universe hates do-gooders so it tries to pound them and punish them.

If I hear something's not quite going right, then I'm there quicker than if I hear something's going wrong.

I would like it to be said: here lies a man who has done his duty on earth