Suffering will always be there. You'll always have the poor. You have to own your own progress. It is true that because of the economy and the fear factor the president [Barack Obama] is able to execute a lot of promises that it would be difficult to deliver it not for the fear factor. It's funny. He's delivering on what he promised and we call it fear.

The greatest tool to eliminate the noise is meditation.

Service is the key to everything in life.

I'm always surrounded by smart talented people. I had talented partners. Stan Latham for one. Talent scouts.

I always say neediness is the cause of suffering. I'm not the only one who says it. It's something I adopted and I believe.

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

I look for people who have insight in places where I don't.