It's hard to remember who you were when you're constantly pretending to be someone you're not.

This is how The Jewel operates. Status is our sole occupation. Gossip is our currency.

See the light in others, and treat them as if that is all you see.

As one who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.

Music should strike fire from the heart of man and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

Unfortunately, the world has not been designed for the convenience of mathematicians.

Not sure if that will benefit me or hurt me, but I know I have the skills and am ready to play in the NBA regardless of my ethnicity.

Girls who have a strong belief system are beautiful in a great way.

I like my men to be manly, as you'll see from my books.

I didn't really give a sh** what's going on in the rest of the world. I just didn't. I just wanted to focus on me, me, me, my career, my life, just me - blinders.

I never graduated high school; they had to change the Ivy League rules. During my tenure at Brown, I helped them become the number one Ivy League school.

I have always disliked the idea of an arts ghetto in which poetry is kept on a life-support system.