My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would choose to believe.

The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.

But you see, a rich country like America can perhaps afford to be stupid.

It [is] that courage that Africa most desperately needs.

Hope is a helium balloon. It is a wish lantern set out into the dark sky of night.

And I thought to myself how those fast little articles forget everything, everything, while we, old lovers, treasure every inch of their nymphancy

I do love science. My father is a scientist.

I feel like I'm wearing orthopedic shoes, because I stand corrected.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

Forgiveness is not an occassional act; it is a permanent attitude.

He hears the silence howling catches angels as they fall, and the all time winner has got him by the fun.

I want people to leave the theater and think, "How can I be a better person?" That's the only way things are going to improve.

If the guidebook used to be critical, today it seems largely a celebratory adjunct to the publicity operations of hotels, resorts, and even countries.

I'd like to do a little bit more adventurous TV. Maybe Showtime or HBO or just a little bit edgier. But I would go back to NBC, CBS, whatever.