The last great struggle for our rights; the battle for our own civilization, is entirely with ourselves, and the problem is to be solved by us.

I was not only hunting for my liberty, but also hunting for my name.

All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a chance to rise by his own efforts.

This is emphatically an age of discoveries; but I will venture the assertion, that none but an American slaveholder could have discovered that a man born in a country was not a citizen of it.

Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and the claims are more numerous.

I’ve learned that being alone and being lonely are not the same thing. Once I was surrounded by people and lonely for it, but now I’m alone and I’ve never been so content.

Don't get bogged down by life and other people's problems or hang ups.

The Globe' is one of the most terrifying theatres in London. It's that mob element - everyone packed in and staring up at you.

Norfolk is not on the way to anywhere, you don't stop off on the way somewhere else - it's an end in itself. You have to want to go there; it's an effort.

The most important thing is to be healthy, to drink a lot of water, to fight gravity as much as possible. I am one of the few people who decided I wasn't going to do any invasion with my face.

Bono actually gets a lot of substantial work done. The guy really does put a lot of things together and, while I'm not a fan of his music, I greatly applaud his humanitarian efforts.

Every time I go to the theater, there's something about the atmosphere, seeing something unfold live in front of an audience, that you can't get out of your system.

Stop thinking about Michael," Tuck orders. "He was cute." "So is a hairy ferret but I wouldn't want to date one. [...]

The mountains of madness have many little plateau of sanity.

I want to work with people who are good at what they do, and people who are passionate.