You can travel through literature, and you can expand your mind through literature. It's so cheap to buy that kind of ticket.

Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness.

I think that the heart is a lot like those wonderful fruit, like coconut and mangoes, you know, you have to break the skin, you have to break it open to get to the good part.

she stuck a bookmark in my heart and walked away

If we're gonna progress as a people we are going to realise that, as one of my favourite poets says, the other is a lie. There are no other people. Race is a social construct.

Sometimes our thoughts and feelings are our most prized possessions... and then there are times to let go of your possessions and wander.

I surrendered my beliefs and found myself at the tree of life injecting my story into the veins of leaves only to find that stories like forests are subject to seasons

There is nothing more negligent than attempting to address a problem one finds on a branch than by censoring the leaves.

I think that good writing is based on good reading. Maybe it's not about writing today, maybe it's about reading today. Maybe it's about finding the sort of book you would never read.

I dance for no reason, for reasons you can't dance, Call me an activist of intellectualized circumstance You can't learn my steps until you unlearn your thoughts Spirit, soul, can't be store-bought.

My love is my soul's imagination. How do I love you? Imagine.

Love is looking for you when you are looking for love.

After all, it isn't the facts of one's environment, but one's attitude toward them, that determines whether one will be defeated or victorious.

Love at infancy is the strongest and puriest of all, it is mixed with infatuation and deep happiness.

You need a very good financial person to keep you honest, and to keep track of income and outgo.

There are not that many new media brands you can say that about nowadays.

Last night I ordered a whole meal in French. Even the waiter was amazed - it was a Chinese restaurant!

Cooking is the ultimate giving!

Life is too short, Harry. And there's nowhere near enough joy in it. If you find it, grab it. Before it's gone.

The work that's interesting to me in other people is really confessional.

To be fired for my faith would be a greater honor than to be fired because we didn't win enough games.