When you don't understand something, you label it and condemn it" (94) - Danny Glover, "The Fundamental Things

I didn't realise that Ridley Scott has never won an Academy Award.

There's racism everywhere.

Don't be afraid to fail big, to dream big.

It's not what you know, it's what you can prove.

I pray that you all put your shoes way under the bed at night so that you gotta get on your knees in the morning to find them. And while you're down there thank God for grace and mercy and understanding. We all fall short of the glory, we all got plenty.

I was first introduced to August Wilson in the 80s when Charles Dutton did Ma Rainey and James Earl Jones and Courtney Vance did Fences. I've long considered August Wilson to be one of the five greatest playwrights in American history.