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.

I can't change the past, but one person can change the future - anything can happen.

People ask me, when was my best time? I always say, 'Today.'

If you have money and you have fame, but you don't have any confidence in your blackness, then it's all for nothing.

Handshaking means, 'I don't have a weapon.'

A woman can tell me about her having a baby, but I'll never know what it is to have a baby.

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