I'm running for office, for Pete's sake, I can't have illegals.
If you raise a child, there's no time, you can't be a great parent.
When you see a great teacher, you are seeing a work of art.
You have to be prepared to think outside the box. . . Stand back and think about what we could do creativity. We've got to do that to push the field forward.
I want to be a children’s hero… Children need heroes because heroes give hope; without hope they have no future.
One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. I was like what do you mean he's not real. And she thought I was crying because it’s like Santa Claus is not real and I was crying because there was no one coming with enough power to save us.
When the safety of America is threatened, we will spend any amount of money. The real safety of our nation is preparing this next generation so that they can take our place [in] thinking and technology and democracy.
The startings and arrivals of the cars are now the epochs in the village day.
When you do not know how to handle yourself, where is the need to produce another life.
"Black culture" is ready for whatever. I sense some momentum and excitement around black artists (especially in comedy, which is where most of my own art resides), really pushing the bounds of what has generally been expected as black. I don't think it's a revolution so much as an exposure of what has always been there, and now that the production and distribution means are more accessible, people can more easily find each other.
One of those lies is that all we need to do is elect more Democrats. No. That actually isn't going to get us to the Promised Land.