To be clear, the gap between the have gots and the have nots is widening. In this most multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic America ever, that concerns me.

The data is going to indicate sadly that when the Obama administration is over, black people will have lost ground in every single leading economic indicator category.

The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave.

Don't envy someone else's gift. Discover your own.

The storm came. Lives were washed away. Ancient pains resurfaced. Now it is time for a sea of change.

Sometimes rejection in life is really redirection.

I believe if we make black America better, we make all of America better.

We need to elect leaders who understand that leadership is about loving and serving people, not about self-advancement.

Regardless of your race, religion or political affiliation, never hesitate to question those in authority.

Poverty and wealth inequality are a form of instability into the future.

Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody's got to look over the shoulder of that child.

I suppose that I have not many months to live: but of course I know nothing about it. I may add that I am enjoying existence as much as ever, and regret nothing.

Go on vacation. You're turning into an itchB!

What is cool today is not going to be cool tomorrow, and what wasn't cool yesterday is going to be cool tomorrow.

City of Fallen Angels ended on a cliffhanger. That was equally loved and hated by my readership.

Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few.

I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing

Mozart's music is an invitation to the listener to venture just a little out of the sense of his own subjectivity.

As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business.

In fact, most people are being squeezed in their little cubicle, and their creativity is forced out elsewhere, because the company can't use it. The company is organized to get rid of variants.