When you read a book, and it's really, really beautiful, you're so engaged you forget to breathe. If you're in a car accident, and everything moves slowly, you can be shocked into the present. The past and the future disappear.

Actresses are kind of a little crazy.

The seconds of presence are where most inspiration comes. There are sunsets that promote it.

When you sit quietly and look inside, things that seem so difficult on the outside become a lot easier to digest. Concerns that might've caused a lot of anxiety just come and go.

Hip-hop is such a wide statement of culture that everyone is not the same, and it's impossible to put it into one box.

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

It's all about the work. Nothing is going to fall into your lap.