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.

You don't want to think something might be racist, but it might be, because your gut is telling you it is

What I am is a humanist before anything - before I'm a Jew, before I'm black, before I'm a woman. And my beliefs are for the human race - they don't exclude anyone.

If you read to me I could tell you everything that was read. They didn't know what it was. They knew I wasn't lazy, but what was it?

If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of twenty million full-time volunteers.

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.

Art and life are subjective. Not everybody's gonna dig what I dig, but I reserve the right to dig it.