"I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it."

“Despite everything that Harlem did to our generation, I think it gave something to a few. It gave them a strength that couldn't be obtained anywhere else.”

Source : Claude Brown, Nathan McCall (2012). “Manchild in the Promised Land”, p.394, Simon and Schuster

“Every religion I know of has changed its views with respect to concrete controversies over long periods of time. People's views about the morality of homosexuality are likely to undergo some change, even though they're making judgments based on their religious beliefs. Because in fact, religion is an extremely durable, and yet flexible, way of trying to apprehend what's good and what's bad in the world. In fact, its durability comes from its flexibility. Now, speaking from inside a religion, it's hard to talk that way.”

“Hold back the tide. Keep your kids innocent as long as possible.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Creative success means balancing your love of starting things with a habit of finishing them.”

Source : Twitter post from Sep 18, 2015

“Fade, flowers, fade! Nature will have it so; 'tis but what we in our autumn do.”

Source : Edmund Waller (1854). “Poetical Works”, p.228

“I'm into paradoxes. I wanted to make an album about them, but the group told me I was a pretentious fart. They were right.”

“Work is the only thing that gives substance to life.”

“I must admit, even though I'm the product of two Jewish parents, I think the Irish temper got in there somewhere, so I'm going to check Mom's genealogy.”