Yes, racism looks like hate, but hate is just one manifestation. Privilege is another. Access is another. Ignorance is another. Apathy is another, and so on.

Looking back, I wish I could bottle the stuff that made it better, but how can one bottle time?

I believe every story that is made in the mind of an author

There's just as much to be heard in silence as there is in a room filled with words.

I talk about a Christianity that is enlightened enough to separate spirituality from the rest of life. Not just church and state, but knowledge and church.

When you're playing it as a business... your livelihood depends on winning and losing and so some- times sportsmanship is lost, as in the process of billion dollar companies.

I went from having 50 listeners to 50 million listeners.

And if a friend does you wrong, then say: "I forgive you what you have done to me; that you have done it to YOURSELF, however--how could I forgive that!

Sometimes you want to use the music in a clarity way to explain something in the film.

We have the responsibility to put our gifts to work.

When you have a clear vision of your goal, it's easier to take the first step toward it.

The fundamental principle of science, the definition almost, is this: the sole test of the validity of any idea is experiment.