“Audiences believe what you believe. It’s a matter of believing yourself. If I believe me, then you’ve got no choice. None at all.”

Write something insightful. Say Morgan Freeman said it. Win at internet.

So if I believe in God, and I do, it’s because I think I’m God.

When you have made your choice, it is providence that is your guide. Good, bad, or indifferent. Your fate lies in that.

Just that working with Clint again is like coming home.

Proud to live in a world where someone who looks like me can be president.

Is there a movie I think I should have won the Oscar for? Yeah. All of them.

We all have a part to play in the story of change.

Life often can feel like shifting sands, but if we choose to pivot with it, there is a revelation that we are not the same people we used to be.

The trick to any profession is making it look easy.

Did you just call me old? I really prefer the word ‘experienced’.

I don’t get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe.

Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume.

The trick to any profession is making it look easy.

I’m living proof being born poor doesn’t mean you can’t find financial success.

Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen – that stillness becomes a radiance.

Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen – that stillness becomes a radiance.

Journalism is very much public writing, writing with an audience in mind, writing for publication, and frequently writing quickly.

You’re constantly growing and you’re constantly progressing and changing up you’re style and gauging an audience to make sure that audience is enjoying what you’re doing.

I think if you create something and you get an audience for it, then the monetization part is really secondary.

You can’t control the audience. When you’re on the air and they’re not coming to the party, it’s time to shut down the party.

There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.

That story hit me right, man. I know no guy ever made me feel as good as an audience. I’m really far into this now, really committed.

Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.

When everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.