To name something is to wait for it in the place you think it will pass.

The artist's role is to raise the consciousness of the people. To make them understand life, the world and themselves more completely. That's how I see it. Otherwise, I don't know why you do it.

A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.

There is no justice in America, but it is the fight for justice that sustains you

The torture of being the unseen object, and the constantly observed subject.

My responsibility is to truth and beauty.

In America, black is a country.

I'd say I'm a revolutionary optimist. I believe that the good guys -the people- are going to win.

There is no depth to education without art.

Thought is more important than art....To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is.

All thinking people oppose terrorism both domestic & international but one should not be used to cover the other

Marriage is traditionally old-school in many respects. It is highly antiquated, and, that being said, beautiful.

I have learned that acting is not about beauty.

Artificial manures lead inevitably to artificial nutrition, artificial food, artificial animals and finally to artificial men and women.

I was prepared to get knocked out myself trying to knock him out, because then I could sleep at night knowing that I've given my best.

What is important is what inspires persistence and determination- in other words what you care about.

A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave.

The state would rather give me an uzi than a microphone.

You can't build a foundation on lies.

It is for us to begin. If we take one step towards the Lord, he takes ten towards us -- he who saw the prodigal son while he was at a distance, and had compassion and ran and embraced him.