I run into a lot of kids who are either on R&R, or on their way to Iraq. They all know who I am and are fans, but they're kids! I am yet to meet one that's over 23. Yet they're full-time warriors.

I get paid all day, every day, which is almost too much for a sensitive artist.

We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.

Lifelong readers continue to read, finding in books the means to enjoy life or endure it

I just always knew that I lived in two worlds. There was the world of my house and community, but to make my way in that white world I had to modify the way I spoke and acted. I had to sometimes not make direct eye contact.

Everybody likes an extraordinary person or likes to think that they would be great with a superpower in an ordinary world.

I love coming in for quick pops. You come in. You score. You leave. You're on the golf course. It's great. You don't carry any story.