"Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library."

"My wife comes with me on all the movies, but she is not an appendage to a film star or anything like that. She is a completely intertwined partner. She is the other half of me. Also, we're still very much in love with each other. We always have been, we always will be."

"What a lot of people don't realize about gangs, in my opinion, is that a gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of the people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection, not to go out and hit someone."

"When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins."

"Education begins at home and I applaud the parents who recognize that they - not someone else - must take responsibility to assure that their children are well educated."

"Grades were important in our house. I was reading by two. My mom would sit there and read with me, read with me, read with me. It was wonderful."

"Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action."

"I was smart enough to go through any door that opened."