My pals, such as they are, in Hollywood, ask me why I love to travel to D.C. so much, why it's a vacation destination for me. I say, 'Because I sometimes have perfect days there.'

I have always been very concerned that Darwinism gave the basic okay to terrible racism and to the idea of murder based upon race.

I am so used to having a comfortable life. What will it be like when I am no longer able to just buy anything I want?

I think a snob would be a person who thinks he is entitled; he has good things in his life and is entitled to them.

After all the black man has been through in this world, he can still often reach levels of spirituality the most pampered white man cannot touch. Maybe what he's been through is the reason why.

Sleep makes people calmer, more alert, less fearful - just plain happier, or so I see around me and in me. I am sure that if this great nation were to concentrate on getting more sleep, we would be a happier, more confident people, and that by itself would be a major achievement.

I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.