It was a perfect marriage. She didn't want to and he couldn't.

Marriage is obsolete and a trap.

In interviews I gave early on in my career I was quoted as saying it was possible to have it all: a dynamic job marriage and children. In some respects I was a social adolescent.

I don't understand what the big deal is with gay marriage. Get over it people.

Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.

When you're a father in a marriage you sort of become the mother's assistant. And you sort of get a list from her every day and you run down the list and it feels very much like a chore.

The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity the marriage is more important than fidelity.

The mark of a good marriage is partnership and continuing to feel inspired by your spouse. I had that with Tao. But the end is not necessarily the tragedy. Staying in a relationship that is no longer working is the tragedy. Living unhappily - that's the tragedy.

I'll always be sad that my marriage ended.

The sad truth is that the civil rights movement cannot be reborn until we identify the causes of black suffering some of them self-inflicted. Why can't black leaders organize rallies around responsible sexuality birth within marriage parents reading to their children and students staying in school and doing homework?