Once a man has tasted creative action, then thereafter, no matter how safely he schools himself in patience, he is restive, acutely dissatisfied with….

I came first to America in 1977 at the invitation of a man who wanted to make my life story into a musical. But my agent said it was not to be and it….

God brings men [and women] into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse [teach and improve] them. [It is fair and appropriate to get excited a….

Life is not a game of Solitaire; people depend on one another. When one does well, others are lifted. When one stumbles, others also are impacted. Th….

I have never voted in my life..

A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to eve….

Boys and young men acquire readily the moral sentiments of their social milieu, whatever these sentiments may be..

One thing that I've been very vocal about roles I take, and my representation has been very smart about, is that I didn't go to Juilliard to be "Thug….

I love the whole makeup of men - that they never mature and are always just boys..

Men's reproduction isn't regulated by the state -- and it shouldn't be. Neither should women's..

In our family we don't divorce our men - we bury them..

Once a man gets a reputation as a liar, he might as well be struck dumb, for people do not listen to the wind..

Everything that man can imagine, he is capable of creating..

To me death is better than the defensive..

I really fell in love with Africa..

God has always been the head of my life, even before I knew it..

Every time you enter a space, you are on public display. Nothing is private..

You can make your life so much larger simply be acknowledging everyone else's..

Life eats life to live..

I don’t approve of religion..

Though man or angel judge my life and read it like an open scroll, And weigh my heart, I have judge more just than any—my own soul..