"I think I've definitely had my rock bottom and I think that was probably right before I went into treatment where I said, 'I definitely need help.'"

“There is one aspect of happiness that's been well studied, and it's the notion of flow. Ask yourselves, when for you does time stop? When are you truly at home, wanting to be no place else?”

“I've been driven all my life by a spirit of adventure and a criminal level of optimism. I believed in my dreams because they were my only option. The people who make it to the top are addicted to their calling. You have to honor the gift God has given you. The people who get the call are the ones who'd be doing whatever it is they love, even if they weren't being paid.”

Source : Quincy Jones (2002). “Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones”, p.266, Three Rivers Press

“I seem to be stuck in the '60s, and my favorite music, cars, and women's fashion come from that era. And the sense of social rebellion. It was a good time for a lot of things.”

“Tony Fernandes is in that goldfish bowl and he's swimming against the tide.”

“The streets would have chewed me up and spit me out and I knew that, but I found my own ways and different knacks for getting in trouble and being reckless with my life. And I've overcome a lot of personal demons and to be alive is really my greatest achievement.”

Source : "Talking With Our Mouths Full: Michael Kenneth Williams". Interview with Mark Anthony Green, www.gq.com. October 4, 2011.

“While the web is very much the first draft of history, a rough-cut, it still has to be good journalism, well-sourced, reliable. Clearly, the printed form is going to have more effort put into it, going to be more reflective and relevant.”

“What kind of love would drive a man for miles through solid rock?”

“I'm a stand-up comic. Anything else I do besides that is a plus, but stand-up comedy is what I do, it's what I've been doing and it's what I'm going to keep doing.”