"If you can give your walls history, it supports the action that's happening in front of them."

“It was a sad loss, this illusion of importance, a humbling blow.”

“I read the 'Times' and 'Post,' but I have nothing against the 'Daily News.' I also fish around the Internet for entertainment news but find most of what I read to be untrue or partially true.”

“In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.”

Source : "Upset winner isn't horsing around" by Kate Nocera, www.politico.com. August 26, 2012.

“Hip-hop has globalized a conception of blackness that has had a political impact, whether or not it had a political intent.”

“Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.”

“Sex isn't hard, but intimacy is terrifying.”

“If you live beyond your means and have to restructure as a result, you pay a price.”

“What happens when you're a child professional is that you have to be, well, professional. You're taught not to have tantrums, to always people-please.”