Books do pretend ...but squeezed in between is even more that is true—without what you may call the lies, the pages would be too light for the truth, you see?

my heart, sometimes singing in the afternoon, the most haunting song of solitude

A good brain ain't diddley, if you don't have the facts.

I pride myself on being the guy who can do Def Comedy Jam and Charlie Rose. And do well on both.

I have a huge passion for literature.

I've always liked libraries. They're quiet and full of books and full of knowledge.

There's something about the authenticity rather than the autobiography that makes my story and my pain move across and become your story and your pain.

A camera has interesting ideas of its own.

I don't really count myself as a very sophisticated businessperson. I'm a creative artist. All I know from business I've picked up along the way.

You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.

Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft.