It was always important to me to be that kid who could rock the party as well as rock the English professor's mind.

Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness.

I think that the heart is a lot like those wonderful fruit, like coconut and mangoes, you know, you have to break the skin, you have to break it open to get to the good part.

she stuck a bookmark in my heart and walked away

If we're gonna progress as a people we are going to realise that, as one of my favourite poets says, the other is a lie. There are no other people. Race is a social construct.

Sometimes our thoughts and feelings are our most prized possessions... and then there are times to let go of your possessions and wander.

I surrendered my beliefs and found myself at the tree of life injecting my story into the veins of leaves only to find that stories like forests are subject to seasons

There is nothing more negligent than attempting to address a problem one finds on a branch than by censoring the leaves.

I think that good writing is based on good reading. Maybe it's not about writing today, maybe it's about reading today. Maybe it's about finding the sort of book you would never read.

I dance for no reason, for reasons you can't dance, Call me an activist of intellectualized circumstance You can't learn my steps until you unlearn your thoughts Spirit, soul, can't be store-bought.

My love is my soul's imagination. How do I love you? Imagine.

Never let the sadness of your past and the fear of your future ruin the happiness of your present.

In that hothouse atmosphere, criminal records bloomed like orchids all around us.

Our intellect has created a new world that dominates nature, and has populated it with monstrous machines.

One cannot sell anything to a satisfied man. Ergo, make him want something new, or take away something that he has and then sell him something to take its place.

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.

President [Ronald] Reagan told me he would negotiate and negotiate and negotiate with the Soviets, and I believed him.

Even though a number of people have tried, no one has yet found a way to drink for a living.

Truth is superior to man s wisdom.

Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience.

And this is the life of the Gods, and of Godlike men, a life without love of the world, a flight of the Alone to the Alone.