A man and his tools make a man and his trade.
I always tried to raise money for the Black Panthers through business schemes.
My father was a master carpenter and builder. Architectural design, engineering design, mechanical design, three-dimensional views, that was my shtick, my forte.
Electoral politics was always an objective of the Black Panther party, so Barack Obama is a part of what we dreamed and struggled and died for.
I have quite a few good friends in Philadelphia who were police officers.
I am not a hoodlum. I'm a community organizer.
The Black Panther Party were not revenge nationalists.
Soul Train' was developed as a radio show on television. It was the radio show that I always wanted and never had.
I don't look at scripts. I just write them.
Well, I'm never happier than when I'm acting.
It's the most satisfying occupation man has discovered yet, because you never can quite do it as well as you want to, so there's always something to wake up tomorrow morning to do.