Thank you, God, because I am lucky. Also let's face it, it turns out I'm black. And I'm having a career quite different from lots of people, so I feel doubly lucky.

If you're not sure how you feel about same-sex marriage, go and meet some of the families and see what they're looking for. Once you take it out of the caricature of what gay people are and what gay marriage is, and put it in the reality of family and what these folks are fighting for, it's really amazing.

If you can handle the fact that people are going to be mad at you when you do what you think is right, you'll be alright.

I don't believe that there is any good career move or bad career move. I believe there are only the things that make me happy.

I don't like driving very much. That makes me very unhappy, because I scream a lot in the car, but other than that, life is actually pretty good.

I have witnessed things the ancients would have called miracles, but they are not miracles. They are the products of someone's dream, and they happen as the result of hard work.

If you're willing to stand for what you believe in ... you won't need advice from me, because you will be able to handle whatever comes.