Black men of our day were never told, The sky's the limit. ... We could aspire to Joe Louis but never Henry Ford.

Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity.

My hero in comic books is Jack Kirby: 'Spider-Man,' 'Fantastic Four,' 'Captain America,' Marvel Comics. He was really the basis for Marvel Comics.

A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.

Every day that we wake up is a good day. Every breath that we take is filled with hope for a better day. Every word that we speak is a chance to change what is bad into something good.

A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him

The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do everyday. There are two reasons for this rule: Getting the work done and connecting with your unconscious mind.

Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It's losing the possibility of family.

I took up writing to escape the drudgery of that every day cubicle kind of war.

The life most of us live are lives we are forced to live by immediate needs, influences, and pressures.

Our collective freedom... depends on our ability to defend the rights of others.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

I don't want to be a 'teen star' because so many people don't ever grow out of that.

The first essential in a boy's career is to find out what he's fitted for, what he's most capable of doing and doing with a relish.

I couldn't sing to save myself. Greg went to John after the audition and said, 'She's cute, but she can't sing very well' and he said, 'I know. We'll teach her. I just want her on the show'.

Artists themselves are neurotic and fearful people, and you can look at their work and figure out what they're scared of.

I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.

We hate to be cheering for high gas prices. The reality is that's what's happening.

In doing your work in the great world, it is a safe plan to follow a rule I once heard on the football field: Don't flinch, don't fall; hit the line hard.

The art of printing secures us against the retrogradation of reason and information.

Its not about the goal. Its about growing to become the person that can accomplish that goal.