I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

When I opened Magic Johnson's theater on 125th Street, a lot of people said it wouldn't fly, but we proved them wrong, ... I love New York_ and I like what Mike Bloomberg is about. He gets things done for every neighborhood.

They were all dressed in their finest as though life really were some magical stage play in which every moment ought to be illuminated with its own bright spotlight.

A toy train layout is never finished. I have built several over the years, and the ones that I have gotten finished, I either sold or gave away.

Always keep a window in the attic open; not just cracked: open