All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us that we are all more alike than we are unalike.

Not everything you do is going to be a masterpiece, but you get art there and you try and sometimes it really happens. The other times you’re just stretching your soul.

The best comfort food will always be greens, cornbread, and fried chicken.

We need to haunt the house of history and listen anew to the ancestors' wisdom.

When people see the laughing face, even if they're jealous of it, their burden is lightened. But do it first for yourself. Laugh and dare to try to love somebody, starting with yourself.

I think Clinton, after getting into office and into Washington, was shocked at being bludgeoned. So he spent time trying to be all things to all people - one way guaranteed not to be successful or respected in a lion's den. You can't just play around with all those big cats - you've got to take somebody on.

Laugh...It's the sweetest thing one can do for oneself and one's fellow human beings.