I like the company of guys. I have a lot of good girlfriends that I really love, but you know, most of my close friends are men.

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.

But the scent of the good is blown against the wind: A good man perfumes all directions.

If you can't even change the way you read.How can you change the way you think..

Without sense of purpose and clear direction of your life, you will only be building a fake brand of you

We are overcome by anguish at this illogical moment of humanity.

The fate of the living planet is the most important issue facing mankind.

I can wear a hat or take it off, but either way it's a conversation piece.

We are violets blue, For our sweetness found Careless in the mossy shades, Looking on the ground. Love's dropp'd eyelids and a kiss,-- Such our breath and blueness is.

That whole world, the world of bodybuilding to me is fascinating. It's such a unique and interesting culture, and everything about it appeals to me.

Let go of the place that holds, let go of the place that controls, let go of the place that fears. Just let the ground support me.

The critic's hankering to be law-giver rather than servant of literature is irrepressible.