My first audition was an open call and I had no picture and no resume - that's how clueless I was. I just thought I could show up.

I assume Obama knows about stop and frisk, so this is not the person that should be the head of homeland security. I had to say something. Kelly's nomination would go against who President Obama is.

There are conservative people in all colours in America.

You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you, and you don't want them to look at you in a negative light. So you do things to make them proud and accept you.

That's what you want art to do, to open people up and start conversations.

My mother's a pretty warm, open person.

I would come to L.A. for a job, but I love New York.

I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.

I think L.A. is beautiful.

I love that you can watch a film and 10 years later still be affected.

I have a Twitter handle, but I never sign on.

I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?

When we don’t have way to express our feelings then at odds in choosing way and every path of life shows gloomy image.

Prose, poetry, and drawings stand side by side in a very democratic way in my work.

It's a tremendous honor to be asked to carry a show.

The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like the knights, and yet it was a gruesome and horrific weapon.

God can change the lowest to the highest, abase the proud, and raise the humble.

... when caught unawares I usually tell the truth, and what's duller than that?

Be who you are in every situation.

Babies are endlessly fascinating to look at and I'm obsessed about their complete and utter lack of guile.

Our liberties, our values, all for which America stands is safe today because brave men and women have been ready to face the fire at freedom's front. And we thank God for them.