I don't personally feel any association with a kind of culture related to state, or culture related to power, which I think is always disgusting.

Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

A small act is worth a million thoughts.

Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.

The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

Everything is art. Everything is politics.

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.

He's like a man with a fork, in a world of soup. (about his brother Liam)

Do you mean that Zane is some kind of bird magnet?

No civilization, no matter how mighty it may appear to itself, is indestructible.

I don't want to be a reality retro star.

I think for me with theater, I need to take a break and then fall in love with it again. And then go do it again.

I love writing and can't imagine not being able to do it. I want an easy life and if it had been difficult I wouldn't be doing it. I do admire writers who do it even though it costs them.

I think of my work as a kind of peeling back of the wallpaper of today to reveal the histories buried underneath.

Eternal life means more than mere future blessing to be enjoyed by believers; it is equally a kind of spiritual ability.

The end is nothing; the road is all.

We examine and highlight the history of the African descendants in America, and know that each and every one of us has come this far because of our faith in this country.