I love being black in America, and especially being black in Hollywood.
I ain't no perfect man I'm tryna do the best that I can with what it is I have.
It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. You don't have to be a thug to get love from black people.
I'm trying to get low. People's personalities can get in the way of their own work.
Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going; how are you doing?
The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis. Shinin', like "Who on top of this?
I like to read the 'Financial Times' when I'm traveling. 'Economist. ' 'Ad Busters. '
A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course.
A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.
The passive righteousness of faith frees me from passing final judgment on myself.
People ask me when I decided to become a playwright, and I tell them I decide to do it every day. Most days it's very hard because I'm frightened - not frightened of writing a bad play, although that happens often with me. I'm frightened of encountering the wilderness of my own spirit, which is always , no matter how many plays I write, a new and uncharted place. Every day when I sit down to write, I can't remember how it's done.