New Jack City' and 'Boyz 'N the Hood' are realities, but movies like 'Strictly Business' are realities, too.

Blacks don't square dance. If you see a black person square dancing, it is definitely the seventh sign.

I can personally feel the relief myself in my audiences when I bring up Obama because there was a lot of anti-Obama sentiment out there before the capture of bin Laden.

I used to want to be a singer and a musician for years, from 6 years old to today. I'm not really good, but in time I could be. I'm more of a singer than anything.

Stand-up keeps you alive. It is definitely the most specialized field in comedy because you need to stay sharp and well-tuned every night.

I'd like to continue doing movies, clubs, concert halls and television. I like something about each one.

I do so many roles, I can't be typecast.

I would prefer not to be in a car with someone who can't really drive that well!

There is never a traffic jam created from people going the extra mile

I love my sacred self.

I'm not sure I even need a lover, male or female. Sometimes I think I'd settle for five good friends.

The more civilized we become, the more horrendous our entertainments.

I'd say that the question whether love still exists plays the same role in my novels as the question of God's existence in Dostoevsky.

My career at Microsoft really was getting in the way of my cooking.

Nothing defines the quality of life in a community more clearly than people who regard themselves, or whom the consensus chooses to regard, as mentally unwell.

I meditate. Daily practice is essential to my life.

You must lance an ulcer to heal it. You must tear down parts of an old building to restore it, and so it is with a sensual life that has no spirit in it.

The regime of globalization promotes an unfettered marketplace as the dynamic instrument organizing international relations.