'Revelations' is one of the most important pieces to the African American arts. It assesses the hope and despair of a people and overcoming the struggle with our faith.

The African-American experience is one of the most important threads in the American tapestry.

I rebel at the notion that I can't be part of other groups, that I can't construct identities through elective affinity, that race must be the most important thing about me. Is that what I want on my gravestone: Here lies an African American?

The most important question in American cinema, I've learned, is 'When is lunch?'

Our national motto is 'In God we Trust,' reminding us that faith in our Creator is the most important American value of all.

Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language.