A good reputation is better than fame.
I marvel at the many ways we, as black people, bend but do not break.
It is true that no one can harm the person who wears armor. But no one can help him either.
Everyone of us is a wonder. Everyone of us has a story.
I don't see black people as victims even though we are exploited. Victims are flat, one- dimensional characters, someone rolled over by a steamroller so you have a cardboard person. We are far more resilient and more rounded than that. I will go on showing there's more to us than our being victimized. Victims are dead.
First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position, the next thing he should do is reach out his arms.
The boys think they can all be athletes, and the girls think they can all be singers. That's the way to fame and success. . . . as a group blacks must give up their illusions.
There is a quite a lot of effort involved but I find action sequences some of the quickest to write and the most fun.
To have a functioning body and not to use it is like having 2020 vision and never opening your eyes.
Being in this band [the Spice Girls] is like having four (three now) older sisters. They all look after me and I couldn't dream of leaving them.
I live in the Village right near NYU, which is taking over most of the Village. I've lived there for most of my time in New York. One of the things I like about the Village is, it's considered the kind of area where you can't have skyscrapers or, actually, many tall buildings. So you can see the sky which, I think, is a benefit.