I think when you're younger you have a more black-and-white view of things. You're more exclusively dedicated..

I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think..

I think a part of being successful or trying to be successful is staying true to who you are. Be genuine..

Any carefully planned thing destroys the creativity. You can't think your way through a story; you have to live it. So, you don't build a story; you ….

Generals think war should be waged like the tourneys of the Middle Ages. I have no use for knights; I need revolutionaries..

I can't think of anything outside of having the gift yourself and creating yourself. I can't think of the next better thing to do than being able to ….

Some people think I am an issue-oriented writer, but I've never said to myself, I'm gong to write about such-and-such an issue - that would make for ….

A lot of people, after seeking a bit, have some experience, and sometimes will believe they're enlightened. One has to be careful about that. Especia….

In great teams, conflict becomes productive. The free flow of conflicting ideas is critical for creative thinking, for discovering new solutions no o….

If there be a God, I think he would like me to paint Africa British-Red as possible..

Facebook is such a basic utility. It's something that is such a part of peoples' lives, I think it's hard to imagine it going away..

I learned a new language for it all in the 90s. Which in some ways isn't bad... I mean getting people to think about what language actually means bef….

I think one must do the thing -- whatever it is (and it changes from time to time) -- that unites you to the flowing stream of the world. At any pric….

As the middle begins to feel safe enough to accept some of the so-called radical thinking, ideas move to the middle and a new edge is created..

I was thinking that work is like fertilizer in that I'm glad it exists; I just don't ever want to get stuck in it..

You should always have a product that has nothing to do with who you are or what people think about you... so that you never start thinking that your….

I think the facts reveal that the European partners have taken extraordinary measures to help Greece address its problems..

I think it is the hardest thing in the world. I'm endlessly intrigued by what human nature is capable of, both the horrible things we are capable of ….

I used to live in New York and now I live in L.A., and somehow I've become a different person because of the air and what I see every day, and I thin….

If I would have been in a different world Like I frequently am when I see you Oh I might have missed All the ways you try to give If only you knew wh….

There's a kind of edge to what you're doing, the kind of leading edge of what you're doing. Inside that edge [are elements you] are familiar with, an….