Okay, well, if motion is the constant, how can I remain in motion?

Remember something about attention. Yes, it’s possible to buy, grab, or even steal it. But it’s far better to earn it.

I care about the diversity of the mindset of the people creating our future, and the windows through which we see it, and the tools we use to build it.

There are so many ways to be and to be black at the same time, but we're finally seeing that full range expressed much more widely than before.

Knowing that "me" is inextricably linked to blackness, [I try to enjoy] the process of expanding beyond the expected boundaries set by existing culture, norms and media.

New York has been the best gift, in that the city pushes me to so many next levels.

Mostly I try to be the best example of me that I can be.

I don't know that I'm post-anything. I'd like to think maybe I'm post-bullshit.

As far as hip-hop is concerned, I'm no expert and rarely think consciously about how I "represent" hip-hop.

You can call me namastunde or surfatunde. Either works.

I am not a yogi yet, but I aspire to have more balance in my life.

Focus on what you are and what you can rather than what others aren't & can't. You have to win

I can read. A little. I kind of protested it in School(TM). On the grounds that the silent 'E' is stupid.

To be a great dreamer you have to keep pushing and pushing through this crowded world.

In a crime story, the details become tremendously important - where the staircase was in relation to the bed, for example.

The money is in television. Books are not the dominant medium of our time, so fewer people will create them. In a sad way, books have become a form of "comfort food" we expect to lull us to sleep.

No artist knows everything... but since every artist knows more than he can tell, all art is lying by omission.

I would never want to kill a human being.

For I am coconut / and the heart of me / is sweeter / than you know.

You lose nothing through peace. You can lose everything through war.

Life is a lease and God is the landlord.