The Oscar is the fantasy that you're afraid to believe in, but in the secrecy of your dark room, you dream and wait for it.

Every one of us is an artist, and as an artist, you really can stroll into any venue that you want, as long as you take your time to learn the etiquette of that venue.

Sometimes the only way to make palatable that which is appalling and apprehensive is to season it with some humor.

You keep knocking on the devil's door long enough and sooner or later someone's gonna answer you.

The difference with Cleveland is that the racial tension was not a casual taste of it. It was outlandish.

My life's experiences, I've always had, my uncle used to call it antenna. I know what's going to happen oftentimes before it happened when it's involving me

I want to be the condensation on the glass. I want to be that phenomenon that takes place between hot and cold.

There's also a part of me that's self-destructive, and another part that's a hero who's going to stand up for a principle.

I like women who look like me. Generally, you're attracted to women who look like you, because the most beautiful thing in nature is your own reflection.

My future's about trying to be a better man

There's nothing wrong with calling a spade a spade. Some things have to be exposed.

Life. All this. Why do they need to make us do this? Why do they treat us like we're their slaves?""Power.""Power isn't real. It's just a word.

I remember you with my soul clenched in that sadness of mine that you know.

You can’t keep messing me around like this. It’s been going on too long. I can’t take it anymore. I get sick every time you come around. Then I get sick when you leave. You’re like a disease to me.

Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame.

If you want to win, you have to sacrifice and do what makes the team work most efficiently.

It can be the best of relationships and the worst of relationships - often at the same time. The bond between a mother and daughter is one of the strongest, but it's also among the most complicated.

As history proves abundantly, mathematical achievement, whatever its intrinsic worth, is the most enduring of all.

It never does to leave a live Dragon out of the equation.

If you're working out and taking care of your body, you don't really want the greasy food that makes you feel tired or blah. You actually crave the good stuff!

I haven't spoken to my mother-in-law for eighteen months-I don't like to interrupt her.