“Don't you hate TV when people are supposed to be talking to one another? Television puts up a wall between people.”

“In every journey comes a moment... one like no other. And in that moment, you must decide between who you are... and who you want to be.”

“I hate stand-up comics; I think funny is something you are, not something you desperately try to be in front of a roomful of obnoxious people.”

“When the Universe is taken into account, nothing is impossible.”

“You see, love is strong. Stronger than hate even. Love is the only thing that can kill hate, nothing else. You see, hate destroys and that's why love is stronger. It builds. There is hope for all the colored people in this country while one white woman can love one colored man. Love keeps one alive. It makes you understan and fight...”

“Most people think things are not real unless they are spoken, that it's the uttering of something, not the thinking of it, that legitimizes it. I suppose this is why people always want other people to say "I love you." I think just the opposite—that thoughts are realest when thought, that expressing them distorts or dilutes them.”

“There are prophets, there are guides, and there are argumentative people with theories, and one must be careful to discriminate between them.”