I've always gotten good grades, you know, with my teachers and my English teachers, 'cause I was able to - they'd say, "What did you do for the summer?" I'm able to explain it to them in a written form. And my teachers always patted me on the back for that, being able to take what's in my mind and put it on paper.

Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.

America eats its youth like reptiles...Educat e yourself before they dumb you down.

People are still tied to their hoods, and it's usually not the artist, it's usually the friends and instigators who get it popping.

Young people are dying for no reason all over the world that don't know why. It's ugly, everywhere.

I figured, when I make a movie, especially earlier in my career, one thing I was going to make sure was that the movie doesn't cost a lot and that it has potential to make a lot of money. That's how you get respect in Hollywood.

I think you have to find how the machine can work for you. That's what I mean by "attaching yourself to the machine," 'cause the machine is going to be there, and you can rage against the machine, which is cool, but there's ways that you can benefit off the machine if you're savvy enough and you're sharp enough, smart enough. We all got to live and eat.