[On writing to Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple:] I told her I would play a Venetian blind, dirt on the floor, anything.

Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.

I don't really view communism as a bad thing.

In the dark times, if you have something to hold on to, which is yourself, you'll survive.

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.

Taking action is hard, but know what? Enduring a bad situation can be its own hell.

I say if you're worried, vote smart. Vote smart.