We have a lot of black Anglo-Saxons. Their skin is black, but their brain is white. When I get real mad at them, I call them graham crackers.

What does it mean to be too black for Hollywood? It's self-explanatory. Hollywood has certain kinds of blacks that they like.

I don't want affirmative action - too much affirmative, not enough action.

You can't pick when you're touched. You can't pick the time. It just is. It's the reality. What it is, is. I can't change the past. I can only deal with the present and the future.

If your hair is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they're not happy.

I'm as American as apple pie.

You white folks see UFOs in your dreams. You don't hear about Martians in Harlem.