Sometimes you just have to try, even if you know it won’t work.

You know how it is when you get back with somebody you’ve loved. It felt better than it ever was, better than it ever could be again

You really want to know what being an X-Man feels like? Just be a smart bookish boy of color in a contemporary U.S. ghetto. Mamma mia! Like having bat wings or a pair of tentacles growing out of your chest.

Literature is less involved in giving you answers and more dedicated to giving you insight.

The greatest myth of all is what America is. I think that America is such an incredibly dynamic place because of immigration.

I can't imagine anybody who ends up being an artist who didn't pass through a time of geekiness.

Katrina was one of those things that rips the clothes off of the guy who keeps saying he's a saint, and underneath you see that he's a monster.