We need to be more sensitive to each other.

The biggest thing is we need to stop acting like racism don't exist.

People thought once Obama got into office that racism was over with. But, what we ended up learning was that it just came more into the light.

Our jobs as artists is to make sure our art tells a real story and let people see themselves in these characters. It's about having a conversation about being better people.

Time cures you first, and then it kills you.

a story always sounds clear enough at a distance, but the nearer you get to the scene of events the vaguer it becomes.

When you create a soul, plant the seeds of love with your thoughts, words, and actions . The soul flourishes among the flow-ers of love.

I have a visual imagination.

It is much easier to become a father than to be one.

Compared with U.S. cities, Japanese cities bend over backward to help foreigners. The countryside is another matter.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Faith is obedience, nothing else.

In connection with death, or birth, or love, modesty is only a rather puerile self-consciousness.

Freddy Demann (Shakira's Manager) is a man that knows the world of music. And I know that I am in good hands.