"Why ask why? If it's raining it just is."

“This nation loves singing and loves acting.”

“She smiles.Her teeth are crooked. If I knocked them out,I might be doing her a favor.”

“When our personal inner vision is sharp and balanced, it awakens our ability to look at life with a creative and positive point of view. It stimulates our thirst for knowledge and education in every possible way.”

“It is a very honest world, our work. I think you cannot fake anything.”

“I was just a guy who did adult or alternative comic books. And then suddenly to be, like, a New Yorker cover artist was a different thing.”

“It can never be bad to have a foundation as a man - a black man. - in a time when women are dying for men. Women have started to become lovers of each other as a result of not having enough men.”

Source : "Caught Up". Vibe Magazine, July 2008.

“Because youve done the horrible jobs, it gives you an even grittier determination to succeed.”

“I don't like the word 'strong,' because a strong character is never an interesting character. A character is made interesting by their vulnerabilities and their weaknesses.”

Source : "Helen Mirren, ‘Hitchcock’ Star, On Meeting Alfred Hitchcock: ‘I Was Arrogant & Ignorant’". Interview with Christopher Rosen, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 20, 2012.