To be known by the public, honestly. People come up and tell them how good I make them feel.

I started acting at the University of Michigan in my sophomore year.

America is grappling with cultural diversity, and I just want to put a show on that represents the world in which I live.

I try to make my bed every day for mental health. Coming home to an unmade bed or a room with clothes all over will depress me.

Every little kid has always wanted to be a race car driver. This gets some of that out.

I, myself, identify myself as a heathen.

Don't let anyone try to tell you who you are. Define yourself.

I had done the sitcom thing to lesser and lesser degrees of success.

My father contracted polio on a troop train in Korea.

As I get older, my sense of humor is my biggest asset.

Be talented enough to make it and stupid enough to keep trying.

If everything is possible, then it is also possible that something is impossible.

I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking.

The Brown decision promised that every child, regardless of the color of his or her skin, would have unequivocal access to quality education and an equal opportunity to pursue his/her dreams

I'm making music for music's sake, and I have an audience I'm proud of.

The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.

Procedure names should reflect what they do; function names should reflect what they return

Sometimes I wonder if I'm in my right mind. Then it passes off and I'm as intelligent as ever.

We stayed at home to write, to consolidate our outstretched selves.

Grace is the free, unmerited favor of God, working powerfully on the mind and heart to change lives.

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.