Success is a very dangerous thing and I think we have to be very careful about when we dictate what success is for somebody else. Because you don't know what it's like.

I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence

Just be yourself and one day you will find someone who loves you for everything you are, flaws or no flaws.

You would never know if you could ever be, If you never try, you would never see.

The truth is limitless in its range, if you drop the T and look at it in reverse it could hurt.

Chief Keef scares me... not him specifically, but just the culture that he represents.

Making your moves, paying your dues, chasing the cool.

Takes a long time to happen so fast... To realize that your future is somebody else's past

That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index of success is happiness.

My problem is I’m peaceful, and I believe in the people.

Fear is such a weak emotion that’s why I despise it

Emotional intelligence begins to develop in the earliest years. All the small exchanges children have with their parents, teachers, and with each other carry emotional messages.

I acknowledge that we are all human and are on a journey. We are not born perfect, mistakes are inevitable.

I don't go out to parties because I'd look terrible in pictures. My escape is television - it's like meditation to me.

Sometimes you are ahead of people and sometimes people have blind spots. They can't see the world and they can't see what they do.

Often the true hero and heroines of my books are the houses, the places, the communities where people find a home.

The act of writing is either something the writer dreads or actually likes, and I actually like it. Even re-writing's fun. You're getting somewhere, whether it seems to move or not.

He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.

That's where everything starts, as an actor: you've gotta have great writing and great character development, and then you have really great materials to work from.

Third ain't so bad if nothin' is hit to you.