The Oscar nominations are out, and they're so white a grand jury has decided not to indict them.

Saying slavery was the cause of secession isn't politically correct; it's correct correct.

You know that sadness and rage you feel about your money? That's the way some of us feel about people.

I love writing family stories.

When I was a kid, I was very much interested in magic and science. They fueled interest in one another.

Even though you're in charge you're not completely in ownership. You know, the audience takes a huge ownership of your show.

There's a lot of magic in science, so to speak.

I've always felt like I had a guardian angel in some of those ways.

I like to get things going. I get so many different ideas, whether it's film, TV, whatever.

When I was born there were still different drinking fountains you had to drink out of.

I started as a standup comic and an actor.

We are bored in the city, to still discover mysteries on the signs along the street, latest state of humor and poetry, requires getting damned tired...Gilles Ivain (aka Ivan Chtcheglov)

Many human beings say that they enjoy the winter, but what they really enjoy is feeling proof against it.

You’re always making up stuff from the past, ” she said. “And the stuff you imagine is always better than the stuff that actually happened.

What deep violence does the mind invent / As polar opposite to love. (In 'Hat Love').

Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite.

By the grace of God, I'll be that man.

God is absence. God is the solitude of man.

As soon as somebody comes out for a politician, especially in Hollywood, when they all go, 'I'm voting for this guy!' – I go, 'That's not who I'm voting for!'

The madman is a dreamer awake

Life is short...eat desert first!