"People should make distinctions between the office of the presidency and the person who occupies it. You can respect the office even as you lose respect for the individual."

“I called Kevin Spacey one day about something else, but he didnt say to me calm down, like The New York Times said. Because I was not deranged.”

“We are built to live in the kingdom of God. It is our natural habitat.”

“The fact that that's the difference between Mexicans and Cubans is pronounced. It's so immediately recognizable, the way a Cuban speaks, the way a Cuban moves the hands.”

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

“Stuff me in a tutu and let's screen experimental videos all day.”

Source : Sam Lipsyte (2010). “The Ask: A Novel”, p.109, Macmillan

“Within each of us there is an Owl, a Rabbit, and Eeyore, and a Pooh. For too long, we have chosen the way of Owl and Rabbit. Now, like Eeyore, we complain about the results. But that accomplishes nothing. If we are smart, we will choose the way of Pooh. As if from far away, it calls us with the voice of a child's mind. It may be hard to hear at times, but it is important just the same, because without it, we will never find our way through the forest.”

“Dancing is not a form of expression for the Christian liturgy.”

“Generally my feeling is that I think women are just in a universal way coming out, coming to their own more. And they have more opportunity, and basically we're equal.”

“I'm just basically spillin' out my emotions to the world. 'Cause rap is about emotion. And I want you to feel what I'm feelin', 'cause that's what it's all about.”