I mean if I'm in the middle of a field with my keyboard and some headphones and I feel inspired to write something, I'll just write something really beautiful and mellow.

So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.

I think it's so important to feed your brain you know. Sometimes you've just got to read.

I mean if I'm in the middle of a field with my keyboard and some headphones and I feel inspired to write something, I'll just write something really beautiful and mellow.

The thing about being in America is when you are driving with the sun on your back, there's hip hop. I never used to be into hip hop, but there's hip hop in the food, soul food, there's hip hop in the cars.

I actually write film music because I'm classically trained on the piano so as well as songwriting I also write actual film music that could be used for movies like war movies and love movies.

You've got to enjoy time with your family and friends, and if you're involved in sports franchises, those peak moments in playoff games. You have to enjoy life.

Getting on stage is a bonus, that's my therapy, that's when I can tell stories and it all makes sense.

Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get.

I grew up reading the 'Village Voice' and wanting to be one of these multidisciplinary music writers, film writers, book writers. And I lucked out getting a job at the 'Voice' right after college.

All religions have periods in their history which are looked back to with retrospective fear and trembling as eras of persecution, and each religion has its own book of martyrs.

I really think that effective acting has to do literally with the movement of molecules.

The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.

The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.

When trees burn they leave the smell of heartbreak in the air.

In order to figure out how to make atoms compute, you have to learn how to speak their language and to understand how they process information under normal circumstances.

I'm not confused. I'm just well mixed.

So, yes, I am in the underground, but actually, it feels like home.

The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.

The secret to multitasking is that it isn't actually multitasking. It's just extreme focus and organization.

Intensity builds immensity

I was never happy, and neither were many of my friends. We were just normal kids that were not so excellent at what society wanted from us at that time.

When 'Foyle's War' ended in 2010 after seven series, I was sad but not despondent. After all, ITV had already axed the show once in 2007, then brought it back due to public demand.

The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something but to be something.

I'm not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their community in each other.

Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of distinct ideas.

I pray for miracles. I have always found prayer to bring quick results.

Some people are that - more than a parent, more than a role model, more than anything less than a religion.

What I'm hoping to do is see Democrats get elected. That's what I'm trying to contribute to.

I did sketch comedy with a troupe at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.