Life is full of hardships, pimp slaps, and sorrow.

I used to walk to school with my nose buried in a book.

Hell, when I was growing up, I could make a meal out of a package of Top Ramen and a bottle of Windex.

They say I need to learn, but nobody's here to teach me. If they don't understand, how can they reach me?

I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets.

Life is too short to not have fun; we are only here for a short time compared to the sun and the moon and all that.

Everything I cook tastes better than yo' momma's nipples.

Why are we so blind to see that the only ones we hurt are you and me?

If knowledge is power and power is knowledge, then how so many idiots be graduating from college?

Gather up your pity and turn it to ambition.

I'm innocent. I've done nothing. I'm a nice guy.

Believe me, the loss of hope is far worse than the loss of limbs.

I wish I hadn't. I wish I'd fought for you. I was weak and stupid.

The innocent are guilty, the guilty are beyond hope, everything’s on its head, it’s a Twelfth Night of late-capitalist contradiction…

Genetics is all about showcasing human beauty along with high-quality performance.

Every sport pretends to a literature, but people don't believe it of any other sport but their own.

The shot will go smoothly only when it takes the archer himself by surprise.

Illusions are certainly expensive amusements; but the destruction of illusions is still more expensive, if looked upon as an amusement, as it undoubtedly is by some people.

The good writer and the good actor are always searching for what is essential. It is a never-ending task because what is essential is always elusive and, therefore, fascinating.

Oh, Lord, it is not the sins I have committed that I regret, but those which I have had no opportunity to commit

There are several things that keep me grounded and focused... When you can humble yourself to say 'I'm no more important than anyone else. I just have a gift.'