Poor is the new black. So on this film [The Land], there are poor black people, but there are also poor Latinos, and poor white people as well.

I am black, so with my writing and my voice, you get that kind of dialect.

Advice from a Romance Writer: Guys, make your woman feel pretty even on an 'off' day. Trust me, good things will come of it.

the Z-particle Pure energy—no mass at all. It may well be thesmallest building block in nature. Matter is nothing but trapped energy.

A relativist is an individual who doesn't know the difference between an adjective and an adverb.

Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.

We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children.

I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.

But ah! what once has been shall be no more! The groaning earth in travail and in pain Brings forth its races, but does not restore, And the dead nations never rise again.

Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic.

The dear good people don't know how long it takes to learn to read. I've been at it eighty years, and can't say yet that I've reached the goal.

I believe that being a successful rapper is probably attainable.