Show me a population that is deeply religious and I will show you a servile population, content with whips and chains, ... content to eat the bread of sorrow and drink the waters of affliction.

It should seem that Negroes, of all Americans, would be found in the Free-thought fold, since they have suffered more than any other class of Americans from the dubious blessings of Christianity.

Your gift is not what you do but what you are

I was never punished for my ignorance

What if you are wrong? What if the gods sent you, and indeed the rest of us, not because we were never meant to be, but because we were always meant to be?

We are more than just our bodies, but that doesn't mean we have to be shamed for them or our sexuality.

I want to be a part of something that's good and intellectually challenging.

Out of the shadows of night The world rolls into light.

If you put your cameras down you might be able to live in the moment. You have a memory there of something you've never lived.

When I heard about the first Tomb Raider, I was very interested and I would have liked to have directed that. When I was approached for the second film, I was delighted.

She didn't strike me as a "crossword in ink" kind of girl

I just don't see how anyone can hate America. I mean, crap, I live there. What more do you need?