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“In general, what we really want is a feeling when we read anything that the author has explored the territory as dutifully and as thoroughly as their spirit allows and as their heart allows.”

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Challenging is good, like good conversation, yes? Who wants to have dinner with the same old easy listening music sounding friends all the time?

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I think someone like Khandi Alexander, who's now on 'Treme,' is one of the most extraordinary actresses I've seen in years. But she's dependent…

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I have not seen 'The Lion King.' I don't do black folklore. And I'm black.

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I think you're not really teaching anyone unless you're learning yourself.

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I used to always love taking photos, but I would always give a camera away to someone else. Now I don't give the camera…

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If I feel like I haven't really tapped into the essence of the story when I do an assignment, I may revisit it on…

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Inspiration takes many forms, but it's rarely pure.

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Great sadness can be off putting, hard to comprehend, especially if it hasn't been your experience. It's amazing for me to know now that…

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I think that Tyler Perry's genius really has been to tap into the domestic market. He knows what his audience is based on, having…

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I love Andre Leon Talley as a person.

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I thought of the structure as musical. The first piece, for instance, contains the names/subject matter of every person to come in the book.…

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People have a copyright on their own life.

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I guess I've never really wanted to be anything else. I've never even thought about having another job.

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I would give anything to be able to kick a ball with my son or read the kids a bedtime story.

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Comfort food is really anything you want at that time. That said, I really love Naple-style pizza.

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I haven't shut any doors, and I'm really open to anything, so I think it's just about the material and what is going to…

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I never did drama at school. I did it for one term, when it was compulsory, and I hated it. Tennis was the main…

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We live in such a special time when literally anything we can think of is possible

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You know, I'm from Baltimore; nobody has anything. When somebody had talent, I was hiring my uncle, my cousin, you know? Getting people that…

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I said to my agent, 'I want short, sharp, well-paid jobs because I haven't got time for anything else.'

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I think anything that anyone writes thats any good is going to have a lot of autobiography.

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If the Bible is correct, and the Earth is only 6,000 years old, that means there were no dinosaurs, and museum curators have been…

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