The arts saved my life.

CHILDHOOD IS THAT STATE WHICH ENDS THE MOMENT A PUDDLE IS FIRST VIEWED AS AN OBSTACLE INSTEAD OF AN OPPORTUNITY

I use my job to engage empathy and compassion for people society might stereotype or ostricise.

Our criminal justice system has swallowed up too many people I love.

Revenge is not a positive state of mind or energy to indulge your self in.

No one wakes up one day and decides they want to become a drug dealer or they want to be a stick-up kid. Those decisions are made after a series of events have happened in one's life.

I haven't had a problem with being typecast, but if I was only getting one type of role, I wouldn't mind. What I'm worried about is not working.

You know, my childhood was pretty colorful; I like to use the word turbulent.

Having been through the muck and mire, I've had my own brush with bad choices.

I do happen to love Honey Nut Cheerios. I don't know if I want to walk down to the store in my pajamas for them. But I do love them.

You know, Tupac is very near and dear to my heart. He started my career as an actor.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

Volatility and length, that's the value on an option. 10 years on a startup stock, that's a big valuable thing.

When Byrd came out of there, he had written a lot things while he was in the hospital.

We only borrow the breaths we take in life. Every breath we borrow we give back, including our last. In the end, no matter how we lived, we all die feeling owed.

I am not a violent person. I am a product of the Flower Power '60s. I have actually worn bell-bottomed jeans.

Between 9 and 10 AM the American radio is concerned almost exclusively with love. It seems a little like ending breakfast with a stiff bourbon.

The gentleman is generous and treats all men as his equals, especially those whom he feels to be inferior in rank and wealth.

Reproductive freedom is a real danger for the patriarchy, because it means that women are empowered.

The record companies really do conspire against the artists. Especially the black artists

Writers who used to show off their erudition no longer sing in the bare ruined choir of the media.