Denzel Washington's career is an enormous luxury. Compare him to Wesley Snipes.

Every time we sit down to eat, we make a choice. Please choose vegetarianism. Do it for animals. Do it for the environment and do it for your health.

If Obama was white, he’d be up by 17 points.

Books make great gifts because you don't have to plug them in.

Never go with a hippie to a second location.

One of the truest things to commit to is your own nature.

Behind each number is a person, a victim, whose individual story is ghastly.

To be in this business and have tremendous integrity and only make distinguished choices is very tough.

New York City is a mismanaged carnival of stupidity that is desperate for revenue and anxious to criminalize behavior once thought benign.

I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems.

Only one thing counts in this life - get them to sign on the line that is dotted.

An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.

If you're saving, you're succeeding

People think of travel, of movement, as a kind of reprieve from life. But they're wrong. Movement isn't a reprieve. There is no reprieve. Movement is our permanent state.

Technology is not destiny. We shape our destiny.

Women can explore so much in dressing. But if I was a guy I would wear vintage suits constantly. With crazy ties!

The essence of parenthood is to make children think that they are the most handsome, intelligent, brilliant person in the world.

Each time I've gone to the studio, the songs have got better and I've got more confident.

When men do not run they are likely to die prematurely from dysfunction of the heart and vascular systems or from disabling chronic disease.

I have to disregard everybody else, and then I can do my own work.

Journalist: A person with nothing on his mind and the power to express it.