Stand-up keeps you alive. It is definitely the most specialized field in comedy because you need to stay sharp and well-tuned every night.

Blacks don't square dance. If you see a black person square dancing, it is definitely the seventh sign.

I can personally feel the relief myself in my audiences when I bring up Obama because there was a lot of anti-Obama sentiment out there before the capture of bin Laden.

I used to want to be a singer and a musician for years, from 6 years old to today. I'm not really good, but in time I could be. I'm more of a singer than anything.

New Jack City' and 'Boyz 'N the Hood' are realities, but movies like 'Strictly Business' are realities, too.

I'd like to continue doing movies, clubs, concert halls and television. I like something about each one.

I do so many roles, I can't be typecast.

I would prefer not to be in a car with someone who can't really drive that well!

I’ve never had anyone’s approval, so I’ve learned to live without it.

Clouds are just nature's stepping stones to the heavens.

The definition of a good story is one that remains with you long after you've turned that last page.

I don't really like watching my work. I don't mind watching it when I was a little kid because I forgive myself a lot, since I was a little kid.

My eccentricity became direction.

I'm just being myself. I'm not a very complex guy; I'm not a very studious, crazy intellectual guy. I'm just a guy.

Whatever the Benefits of Fortune are , they yet require a Palate fit to relish and taste them; 'Tis Fruition, and not Possession, that renders us Happy.

Love turns a heart to crystal...Much more valuable, but much more fragile.

Success takes an investment in time, dedication, and sacrifice. This is true education. It is a process.

You know the great irony is that people think you have to have money to enjoy fine food, which is a shame.