I do believe that there are African Americans who have thick accents. My mom has a thick accent my relatives have thick accents. But sometimes you have to adjust when you go into the world of film TV theatre in order to make it accessible to people.

My mom played the recorder. But not having electricity we had minimal exposure to music. As I got a little older we had Walkmans and things that were battery-powered but it would have been nice to be growing up in the iPod era. A tape only has six songs on a side.

Men are born with two eyes but with one tongue in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.

All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think because thinking is such hard work.

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

Eating disorders can have serious medical and psychological consequences which left unchecked can kill. Parents should address this issue and ask their children to discuss how they feel about themselves.

I think that's one of the most difficult things in any marriage - in order to build anything you must be together. You can't build anything over the telephone.

Marriage is not simply a romantic union between two people it's also a political and economic contract of the highest order.