There is nothing good or bad, except by comparison" (209) - "Effort is Everything" by Bud Selig

[Movie "Fences"] is more than holds up today. We have had a tremendous response at the screenings.

Say what you really want to say.

Talent comes from God. If you have been given some, then value it, cultivate it, work and develop it.

Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.

I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic make-up, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.

What we did [shooting "Fences"] was we got young students from Carnegie Mellon, the acting and theater students, and we had them as our understudies. I told them, "You have to be off book and be ready. If Viola [Davis] has to leave you have to jump in."