We all hope that the police and prosecutors are objective. That's their job, but sometimes it's not true.

As a writer, as a storyteller, you have to have your emotions close, and the older I've gotten, the less I've worried about not displaying emotions.

I don't know when I made that active decision to be a writer or to try to write, but I know I always liked storytelling.

When it comes to fighting for freedom, those who are willing to fight should not be limited by our bigotry. Only rewarded with our gratitude.

Facts tend to take the punch out of a good hate rant and are therefore left best unsaid.

For every horrific event, something beautiful happens.

My kids will find me walking around the house talking to myself and think I'm going crazy. I like to read the scripts out loud and really get the rhythm for the dialogue.

There's something very special about knowing what you want to do and knowing the story you want to tell, but finding it together.

With fear of stating the obvious: Freedom belongs to 'We the People,' not 'They the Politicians.'

Whatever you do, whether you're doing a television drama or a romantic comedy, you want to be relevant, to some degree.

I think I'm an overly emotional person. I feel a lot, but I don't believe that's unique to me or that's how I am able to do the things I do.

Because God is the giver and source of our life, He has a legitimate claim upon our lives.

No one speaks for God - not even the prophets (who speak about God)

Consider what kind of car you get. Buy cars and other products that have the least impact environmentally.

I was a good student. By 8th grade, you've basically learned everything. By senior year, we was drinking, we was kickin' it, we was rapping. It wasn't really like business, hard work.

I'm superstitious. Before I start a movie, I always kill a hobo with a hammer.

And we broadcast tapes sent to us from Americans against the war. These were most effective I believe.

The sentence completes its signification only with its last term.

I was never afraid of going after what I wanted, and making that known, and being vocal about it.

Republicans think that [Ted] Cruz would be like Barry Goldwater. He'd lose in a landslide and pull the party down with him. They'd lose Senate and House seats.

Your first name's white, your second is Hispanic, and your third belongs to a black. No wonder you don't know who you are.