Men who like women rarely fall in love.

It is the distance between us that creates language.

I have no history but the length of my bones.

Never believe what you cannot doubt.

Death is the only mystery we all solve.

More dreams are destroyed in bed than are ever found there.

Procrustes was an editor.

It requires less skill to love than to be loved.

Those who have the habit of revelation lose the habit of thought.

A vice is merely a pleasure to which somebody has objected.

Headlines pass; breadlines continue.

When you get to the junction of double mindedness in purposefulness, remember the will of God.

The only reason that some people aren’t ashamed of their parents and/or siblings is because they know that we know that they did not choose them.

And marking off time struck me as something like counting empty spaces—spaces you know can't ever be filled.

No one should be left to suffer alone.

Black culture is a fight. We want to hold on to what we are, but sometimes the things that we are can be totally negative. You have to think: can't we try something new and not be seen as suspect?

I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them; the really lucky ones discover what it is.

The cause of freedom is identified with the destinies of humanity, and in whatever part of the world it gains ground by and by, it will be a common gain to all those who desire it.

Faith is more important to me than life itself because without it there would be no fullness of life.

To make personal movies that you are the author of, is quite a difficult thing. It takes a lot of stamina.

Frustration is a function of our expectations.