My father was a master carpenter and builder. Architectural design, engineering design, mechanical design, three-dimensional views, that was my shtick, my forte.

You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.

There's nothing wrong with being a cop. There's nothing wrong with being a white person. It's about where your heart is...We've got to get everyone beyond the xenophobic isolationism.

Our position was: If you don't attack us, there won't be any violence; if you bring violence to us, we will defend ourselves.

We don't hate nobody because of their color. We hate oppression!

We're hip to the fact that Superman never saved no black people. You got that?

To develop political and economic power in a capitalist society, you need capital.

A people who have suffered so much for so long at the hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere.

There is an entire generation of young people who know nothing about how viciously the FBI attacked The Black Panther Party, and why.

I think the American Dream should be about a greater progressive legislation that allows for what I call a necessary future world of cooperational humanism.

The Black Panther Party were not revenge nationalists.

I stood still, vision blurring, and in that moment, I heard my heart break. It was a small, clean sound, like the snapping of a flower's stem.

There is no wine in the world as heady as applause

Maybe Putin wanted to fire Medvedev , but how is he supposed to do that after my film?

What one person does, several people usually consider.

I save the best of myself for novels, and I believe it shows

I'm definitely a Queen supporter. She was great.

How do you like what you have. This is a question that anybody can ask anybody. Ask it.

I don't want to be any closer to the gods than death will bring me.

Presentationally, Bill Clinton is a US President to die for. The truth is, far too many have.

I try to paint what I have found and not what I look for. In art, intentions are of little importance.