Don't say you want to be an actor and not know how to read a script. Don't give up 15 minutes before the miracle comes. Everyone's career ebbs and flows, especially if you're African American. That's the time to dig in and keep your instrument sharp.

It was definitely an adult audience and it was all ethnicities. It was 56 percent non-African-American. The exit polls are 80 percent in the top two boxes with a 69 percent 'definite recommend.' I think the picture's going to have pretty good legs.

To be a Negro in America is to hope against hope.

In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

His voice took on a thick silkiness to it that made her want to press her body closer. “Octavia, you are welcome to touch any part of my body you wish. Just be careful of what you start. Once I lay claim to something, or someone, I will not part with it or them willingly.” - Kade Egon

African American children can't be educationally disadvantaged for 12 years and then experience a miracle cure when it comes time for admission into college.