“I grew up in New York and I’ve always lived here, so I look at myself as a regular person.”

I had to say something. Kelly’s nomination would go against who President Obama is.

I assume Obama knows about stop and frisk, so this is not the person that should be the head of homeland security.

I was going to go to med school. My father’s dream was that all of his kids become doctors.

You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you,

Life is too short to do something you don’t want to do.

I’m in awe of how grounded Ms. Tyson is and how her performances can be different but the same.

She’s pretty amazing.

She can switch up the delivery, but it’s still with the right intention.

That’s what you want art to do, to open people up and start conversations.

That’s how clueless I was. I just thought I could show up.

I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.

I think L.A. is beautiful.

I have a Twitter handle, but I never sign on.

And I’m not sure if he [made his comments on Trayvon] because he was asked a question and he was trying to be diplomatic and neutral – that can’t happen.

My mother’s a pretty warm, open person.

I was reading the paper and saw a cartoon with Ray Kelly frisking Obama, and I was like “Wait, what’s happening?” so I Googled it.

You mortgage yourself sometimes.

I realized in school I didn’t like it. When he died, it was like a wake-up call.

The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.

Time isn’t made of anything. It is an abstraction. Just a meaning that we impose upon motion.

No star is lost once we have seen

That’s a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.

A new thing I’ve been doing is just making sure I clear off my desk and try to only touch a piece of paper once

Everybody has been amazing, and the energy is really beautiful. I’m replacing my friend Condola