I've talked to dozens of Chicagoans who will only go off the record in talking about the manufactured mythology.

There's no great, white bigot; there's just about 200 million little white bigots out there.

History belongs to she who holds the pen...If we don't tell our stories, they won't be told.

When public policy is directed toward urban spaces, it is directed toward people who sit at the margins.

Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, "Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push black people backward, but he missed the opportunity to move us forward."

Frankly, I'd love to see a multiparty system, like we have in some of our European countries. But I'm not sure how to get there.

If people don't know about you, that's not on them, it's on you.

George W. Bush is evil. He is a terrorist. He is evil. He is arrogant. And he is out of control.

President [Barack] Obama's pick of Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education was abysmal.

If past behavior is any indication, Donald Trump's behavior would not be acceptable.

We have a very large military community - veterans and others - who basically do believe in the militarism.

A writer who writes more than he reads is an amateur.

Don't dilute your core message burning in your spirit just to satisfy the masses

If you refuse to accept nothing but the best you will often get it.

Let us acknowledge the magnitude of Motherhood, by simply honoring all mothers— past & present.

Grown up? Me? I suppose I have. Killing things, and almost killing myself, must have changed me some, after all.

I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs.

Religion hinges upon faith, politics hinges upon who can tell the most convincing lies or maybe just shout the loudest, but science hinges upon whether its conclusions resembe what actually happens.

When I face myself, I go, "You have a fear of really being on your own. So you know what? That's what we're gonna do right now.

I really do want to act, I love acting, and I want to do it in the long run.

Christians and Jews don't believe in Allah or Brahma. Hindus don't believe in Yahweh or Allah. Muslims don't believe in Brahma or Yahweh. Atheists agree with all of them.