Waking up in a room with no natural light does something to a man. no windows. I’m almost afraid to die. I fear my soul won’t make it out.

The sun might be God. God might not watch us at night.

I sometimes sit on my roof. Not to be closer to god. To be further from y'all.

There's an inexplicable joy that exists on a brown child's face and in the way they navigate their world long before they discover they're hated.

What you don't think about when you're planning for children is when you're going to teach them how not to be killed

An HBCU that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.An African American Studies class that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.

Sometimes our walls exist just to see who has the strength to knockthem down.

Undeniable chemistry and horrific timing. They love each other.

In her attempt to make me a good man, I made her a bad woman.

The relationship was perfect, but I hated everything about the person I became.

I'm silent when there is a war inside me. There's a need to keep the people outside intact.

L I V E or E V I L -- to Live life is to spell forward. To not live life is to spell backwards.

The people I want are very famous and very rich, and all I can offer them is a bit of exposure on TV and a bit of cash, so it's a miracle we get any guests at all. But we have been very lucky.

Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.

You have to be smart enough to see the world for yourself and honest. The whole book-publicity thing is not really honest, at base.

The Bush administration is a paragon of wisdom.

You become a writer because you need to become a writer - nothing else.

Man loves liberty, even if he does not know that he loves it. He is driven by it and flees from where it does not exist.

I'm not a good collector.

By getting as close to the true idea of religion, of spirituality as it is possible for us to get.. ...we would be in possession of the only tangible relationship tot the deity in things.

You have haters from all walks of life. I could care less who wants me to fail. They inspire me.