People in power have to be careful about what comes out of their mouth. They have to find exactly the right word that can't be attacked.

That artists are called to be more responsible and 'true' is a tip of hat to their power.

Suddenly in high school, I'm in a predominantly Jewish atmosphere. Jewish people were my gate to white America.

I feel like my work has been my path to freedom from having grown up in a segregated environment.

President Obama called for a 'we' nation in his Inauguration Address. Art convenes. It is not just inspirational. It is aspirational. It pricks the walls of our compartmentalized minds, opens our hearts and makes us brave. And that's what we need most in our country today.

I call the language of political figures, pundits and administrators "the haute couture of language."

Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.