It is funny you know, you spend 12 years of your life learning about things and about life, but they never really tell you how hard life really is.

You can really get into it - especially in the movies, where you really have the time to get into your character and play her well.

when you walk the path of revenge, know that someone will always follow your trail

History is at once freedom and necessity.

I did not consider him to be any kind of a genius. I considered him deeply lacking in the area that mattered most in life. Star quality.

I can't remember the last time I was bored.

My mother had a radio show - a Barbara Walters type of gal and was very successful for about 20-some years on a radio station.

I think joy is just as instructive as pain, and I like it better. I never meant to suffer any more than I could help; my nature was meant for happiness, a daylight art and living.

I would not like to be in President Obama's position in making choices on Afghanistan.

I was enrolled to attend Norfolk State University and then my career kind of kicked off.

I think the set looks great. It's kind of like Battlestar Galactica meets like the Italian furniture fair.

A reader should be able to identify a column without its byline or funny little picture on top purely by look or feel, or its turgidity ratio.