"People's view of cancer will change when they have their own relationship with cancer, which everyone will, at some point."

"I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make."

"I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home."

"I'm not someone who likes to have my picture taken, let alone see it plastered all over the place."

"True wealth is not measured in gold, but in the belief that the canvas of tomorrow is painted with the actions of today."

"Let me go over this again on the reclaiming the civil rights movement. People of faith that believe that you have an equal right to justice - that is the essence. And if it's not the essence, then we've been sold a pack of lies. The essence is everyone deserves a shot - the content of character, not the color of skin."

"Fortitude is the quiet voice at eventide saying: I will try once more tomorrow. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I hope to one day co-sign a lease with another person but, well, it doesn't plague me that I have yet to do so. Put it this way: I've never had to violently tug at my own pillow at 2 A.M. to get myself to stop snoring."