"If your main goal is to show that your heart is in the right place, then your heart is not in the right place."

“Lady Gaga is not afraid to own who she is.”

“The popular books are the novels, dealing with life under all possible conditions, and they are widely read not only because they are entertaining, but also because they in a measure satisfy an unformulated belief that to see farther, to know all sorts of men, in an indefinite way, is a preparation for better social adjustment--for the remedying of social ills.”

“Religion may have become a codification of morality, and it may fortify it, but it's not the origin of it.”

“More terrorists are given training and sanctuary in the United States than anywhere on earth. They include mass murderers, torturers, former and future tyrants and assorted international criminals. This is virtually unknown to the American public, thanks to the freest media on earth.”

Source : "The great charade". www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2002.

“But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence.”

“In the lexicon of youth which fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word as fail.”

“Each cast member brings their own vibe and antics to the set. You're constantly surrounded by fun loving people who can make you laugh in their own way”

Source : "Niecy Nash, Living A Dream: To Be 'Black, Fabulous, And On TV'". "It's Been a Minute" with Sam Sanders, www.npr.org. June 19, 2018.

“I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.”