Some people think racism is if you say the n-word, so homophobia is if you call someone...

My mother always tells me, "Fear isn't from God," and I believe that. But sometimes, I wonder whether I'll be able step into the shoes that God has prepared for me.

When an artist becomes complacent, he dies.

Trying to convince someone that they are a racist or they have White Privilege - if it's in the air they breathe and the culture supports them, sometimes they never have to think about it at all.

I think it's like the '60s - we're going to see another revolution in film where these new filmmakers stand up and take ownership of what film is and mould it into what they want.

And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.

Sadly, black people disassociate ourselves from the things which make us who we are, identifying them as lesser, or inferior. It's a form of self hate.

I'm not perfect, I'm a flawed man, but I'm willing to try to get better, I'm willing to listen.

I need to take toward a lot of things that will refine me and make me better suited for leading anyone out of any place of injustice to a place of justice.

I'm a work in progress. I'm trying to be better.

When I was young, to have a big nose, big lips or dark skin was the worst. You were the wretched.

But he knew she was a star, and he, only human. He was never meant to reach the stars - he could only admire them from afar.

I'm not sure why, but when a person expects something to last forever, they don't notice the little things. It's only when the clock is ticking all those little things add up and become bigger.

She wanted, passionately and persistently, two things which she believed should subsist together in any well-ordered life: amusement and respectability.

We are learning to do a great many clever things. The next great task will be to learn not to do them.

I'm happy with my career but I could have been happier if I could have been treated like a champion should have been treated because management and fighters take advantage of fighters.

Integrity, respect, compassion, and fairness become obstacles to people who think winning is everything

Give me the muny the cars, the case loads The mun-mun muny the Yen & the Pesos

When I'm not at the keyboard, I'm generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking.

My vegetable patch is my pride and joy.

Everybody wants to be winners - you have to trust that God has a greater plan for this even when you can't see it.