I always tell people that if you really want to know somebody, they should listen to that person's interview with me. I spend a lot of time with my guests.

Marriage isn't a carnival ride.

I don't believe in superheroes but I love Batman movies. There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.

On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors.

Nothing really worth having is easy to get. The hard-fought battles, the goals won with sacrifice, are the ones that matter.

Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.

Karaoke is the great equalizer.

You can only really learn from failure ... To win, you need to fail, and fail hard.

My parents were vegetarians. I'd show up at school, this giant black kid, with none of the cool clothes and a tofu sandwich and celery sticks.

Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.

I don't want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.

The greatest dividends in life are those that we give away.

The spark of light in the soul is beginning of self awareness.

We all become caricatures of ourselves, if we live long enough

There is in each person, in every animal, bird and plant a star which mirrors, matches or is in some sense the same as a star in the heavens.

It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.

Its a fine line between love and stalking.

It doesn't matter what people call you unless they call you pigeon pie and eat you up.

Where lies the final harbor, whence we unmoor no more?

One of the benefits of eating salad is that you can eat tons of it and never be satisfied.

Towards the end, one of them [children in "The White Queen"] was older than I was in real life.