Designers + artists see potential in things where others do not. I think artists in many ways are the original entrepreneurs.
Writing is harder than anything else; at least starting to write is.
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.
I love New York. New York made me the man that I am, and I always rep it to the fullest, but right now it's completely different from what it was and anybody that says it's for the better is straight up lyin'. Straight up lyin'!
I think it's much more important to know the truth than it is to make money on it.
Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.
The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.