Cruelty is cruelty, whether it's cruelty to children, to the elderly, to dogs and cats, or to chickens.

I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I've never seen any place like it.

I mean people are sexist and racist and homophobic and violent. But I don't think of the rappers as being any more sexist or racist or homophobic than their parents. Certainly less, in all those cases, less homophobic or racist or sexist, and then less gangster than our government. It's stuff that people normally don't speak on, subjects they don't speak on, and ideas they kind of keep to themselves.

You have to learn to laugh all the time. It's a practice of life. It's a practice of happiness.

Black actors on the road, flying around the country working as poets. Those people are inspirations for millions of kids who write.

Look at all the billionaires. If I know 15 billionaires, I know 13 unhappy people.

Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.