Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.

Haiti is in desperate poverty.

I am an opera virgin; I'd far prefer to see a musical such as 'Guys and Dolls.'

Journalism is literature in a hurry.

So much of comics are dictated by characters talking to one another - or in focused spaces where 'the camera' has to stay in pretty close on what's going on.

You have a generation that is saying we are tapping out of religion in many ways. But what they are not saying is that we are tapping out of a serious search for meaning in life.

For my generation of actors, it was about the theatre. Television didn't exist. Coaxial cable didn't exist.

The only way governments or would-be governments respond to ills these days is by seeking to lower the temperature... and that tends to mean public spending.

The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life.

My particular lifetime, my individual profile, represents something very basic to African-American history and culture because I was a second generation immigrant, so to speak, from the South. My grandfather was born in South Carolina - well, both grandfathers were born in the South.

When you're young as a comic, you don't have a lot of leverage.

Part of the problem you have is that you don't have a dialogue between elected officials and their constituents. They've built these barricades, these barriers around themselves and tried to avoid interaction with their constituents.

My favorite films left the camera rest, and the actors and characters have a stage to act. Move the camera when it's motivating.

If we want to make India strong, we need cooperation of every citizen and develop capability of all Indians.

I began in an era where four-letter words were not allowed.

I don't like to go out in general.

I do everything in moderation.

I got a Super 8 camera when I was eight years old, and I just wanted to tell stories - I love telling stories.

I was a TV junkie as a kid. I am the Sesame Street generation.

I was taught you don't tell your secrets to strangers - certainly not secrets that expose error, weakness, failure. My generation, like its predecessors, was taught that since our achievements received little notice or credit from white America, we were not to discuss our faults, lapses, or uncertainties in public.