If you treat an animal right, they don't run away. They're not like us. They run away from people they don't trust; most times we run away from ourselves.

You've never met a more flawed guy than me.

When did it become a problem to be a small businessman and become successful? The small businessman - like my father, or like me?

[Tyler Perry] has the luxury of not doing the political stuff, which is really where I want to be as a company.

America comes with both rights and responsibilities. You have, for example, the right to free speech, but you have the responsibility to not yell 'fire' in a crowded theater. If you don't live up to that responsibility, you face certain consequences. It's a simple but effective formula. Unfortunately, tenured professors are completely insulated from it. They can scream fire in their classrooms all they want - and then hide behind their tenure if anyone questions them on it.

We can all live under the Constitution and all express ourself in radically different ways and not control each other.

I collapsed to my knees and looked up at the predawn sky. "I hate you," I said softly."I love you," the voice whispered back.