Let me just say that to imagine racism does not exist is imagination. And to imagine that it does not create its own set of problems is true imagination. So let's not imagine that racism is gone, extinguished, because it's not. We are seeing this in the top levels of the political arena, and we are seeing it very, very plainly.

We are told there is not enough money for education, but somehow there is enough money for people to raise billions of dollars to defeat somebody in an election? Oh! Okay! Does that make sense?

A person can be big, because of spirit. A person can be big because of their position in the family, the hierarchy in the family. That role has been played by women who are quite thin.

When I am presented with good work, I accept it. Wherever it is.

I want people to see some of their own humanity no matter who they are.

There was a time when I couldn't watch sitcoms for a while because it was just cacophony, it was just noise.

You have to learn how to care about people without taking on all of their problems.