We live in a world where black humanity is a relatively new idea.

Prison is the only form of public housing that the government has truly invested in over the past 5 decades

When they say accountability, they mean surveillance and standardization.

The hoodies themselves aren't criminal. White people wear hoodies all the time!

For me, self-care is a lesson I'm still learning. But it begins with space away from the heaviness of life. I now take time to play, laugh, and, every once in awhile, sleep.

We must talk about how sexism and patriarchy operate in conjunction with state violence. Until we're honest about that, and do something to resist, we're complicit in the persistence of oppression.

There's a long history of saying certain people shouldn't be voting. And, unfortunately, the people who are often left out of these conversations are people who are black and brown.

Throughout history there have been black people who have played mammies, all sorts of offensive images, who didn't mind doing it.

I should have been bolder and kissed her at the end. I should have been more cautious. I had talked too much. I had said too little.

Fame has only the span of the day they say. But to live in the hearts of people-that is worth something.

Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language.

Endeavor to work as hard as possible to attain a new aim with each day that comes by. Don't go to bed until you have achieved something productive

I'd say mostly I paint hot chicks.

People who make lots of money at what they do should just shut up about it.

I met P. Diddy. Or Diddy. I like to call him Puffy because, let's be honest, that's who he is.

If you are complaining you can't be thinking about or creating what you do want.

L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.

The body believes in images.