When you're in a relationship with someone you have to be in control of that relationship and you have to be as open as you can about everything, straight up, out the gate.

My mother always tells me, "Fear isn't from God," and I believe that. But sometimes, I wonder whether I'll be able step into the shoes that God has prepared for me.

When an artist becomes complacent, he dies.

Trying to convince someone that they are a racist or they have White Privilege - if it's in the air they breathe and the culture supports them, sometimes they never have to think about it at all.

I think it's like the '60s - we're going to see another revolution in film where these new filmmakers stand up and take ownership of what film is and mould it into what they want.

And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.

Sadly, black people disassociate ourselves from the things which make us who we are, identifying them as lesser, or inferior. It's a form of self hate.

I'm not perfect, I'm a flawed man, but I'm willing to try to get better, I'm willing to listen.

I need to take toward a lot of things that will refine me and make me better suited for leading anyone out of any place of injustice to a place of justice.

I'm a work in progress. I'm trying to be better.

When I was young, to have a big nose, big lips or dark skin was the worst. You were the wretched.

God’s genius is as wide as the cosmos, while by comparison our intelligence can find room on the head of a pin.

The vast majority of those who are famous are not significant and the vast majority of those who are significant are not famous.

No one's supposed to be the president. This is not England. And it's not just the Bush family, all families designate each child as having some particular trait.

Sometimes the feeling that life is great just swells up inside you and fills you with joy.

So you shouldn't really flatter yourself that they want to be your buddy. They don't. Generally. They want you for some reason or other, and you just have to fend that off all the time.

Digital media enables us to build more stages for our kids to express themselves.

I have a fat head - I get freaked-out looking at pictures of me.

Our children are our most important assets.

Needing nothing attracts everything.

Most of the time, criticism that takes pop culture seriously involves performing some kind of symbolic analysis, decoding the work to demonstrate the way it represents some other aspect of society.