One of the big mistakes they made in Europe is that the circumstances in which you most frequently read or hear the word "race" or "racism" in Europe applies to Muslims. Which is not a race. It is a religion. You can convert to this. You cannot convert your race. I could become a Muslim. I could not become a Chinese person or a black person. So they constantly use that in Europe.

The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.

Instead of writing it wrong six times and then writing it right, I think it wrong six times and then write it right the seventh time.

Raisins are a thing that lasts, they come in small boxes, and you always feel like eating raisins, even at six in the morning. A raisin is always an appropriate snack.

Being offended is a natural consequence of leaving the house.

When Toni Morrison said 'write the book you want to read,' she didn't mean everybody.

Los Angeles is a large city-like area surrounding the Beverly Hills Hotel.