[My father] could see as far as he could see and my mother wanted us to go to college so it was a very real part of my life.

Taking the money from drug operations and all that sort of stuff is something that goes past what most of us in society would expect a policeman should do. That temptation hits the police force at the same time as the temptation to take those drugs that are readily available hits the people on the streets.

For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me.

If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her.

Any good piece of material like Shakespeare ought to be open to reinterpretation.

Sometimes when you're the good guy, you're sort of trapped. "Oh, he can't say that." And even when you're playing a real person like a Steven Biko, you're sort of stuck within those confines. So yeah, bad guys do have more fun.

I read the Bible every day.