We have enough proof that, at least my generation does, that patriarchy and matriarchy are gender-less roles.

The sun might be God. God might not watch us at night.

I sometimes sit on my roof. Not to be closer to god. To be further from y'all.

There's an inexplicable joy that exists on a brown child's face and in the way they navigate their world long before they discover they're hated.

What you don't think about when you're planning for children is when you're going to teach them how not to be killed

An HBCU that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.An African American Studies class that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.

Sometimes our walls exist just to see who has the strength to knockthem down.

Undeniable chemistry and horrific timing. They love each other.

In her attempt to make me a good man, I made her a bad woman.

The relationship was perfect, but I hated everything about the person I became.

I'm silent when there is a war inside me. There's a need to keep the people outside intact.

It is ultimately character that underwrites art.

There are a lot of wannabe men in Hollywood. But when you have that Hollywood mentality, there aren't a lot of real, grounded people.

Tomes of aesthetic criticism hang on a few moments of real delight and intuition.

Sometimes people think if someone has depression, that person must be a broken Mormon. We believe that righteousness is happiness, but what happens when people are righteous and they're not happy?

The man who loves home best, and loves it most unselfishly, loves his country best.

I was changing my outfits, my looks, my wig, sometimes several times a day. That's when I know my soul is restless.

Stories are able to help us to become more whole, to become Named. And Naming is one of the impulses behind all art; to give a name to the cosmos, we see despite all the chaos.

When the truly great people discover that they have been deceived by the signposts along the road of life, they just shift gears and keep going.

Take risks that could result in Greatness! Wayne Gretsky said, "You miss 100% of the shots you never take."

I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.