Power in America today is control of the means of communication.
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook about how I saw that communication truth and trust are at the heart of power.
I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication on Earth - I just hate what is being done with it.
I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication they're tools of creativity and they can be shaped by their user.
Words and pictures can work together to communicate more powerfully than either alone.
It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better.
A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.
Obama has no power to change American policy because there are people who specialize in drawing these policies which have been and still are hostile towards Islam.
We may think there is willpower involved but more likely... change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now.
I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time and hopefully they're people in positions of power who can help people get in those roles and really truly embrace colorblind casting.