I think it's the small things, the smaller episodes and details that I linger on and try to draw meaning from, just personally.
I want something that's going to linger and stay with me and give me something to think about and chew over. That's the real objective here; it creates something that doesn't feel disposable.
I think lingerie plays a big part in how you carry yourself.
I love seeing lingerie on the runway, but I personally think it's best to save it for the bedroom!
I'd never look at someone and think he's better than me, unless it's Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi.
I feel like Americans don't really have any idea of what's going on in the world, especially us Africans. I feel like when they think about Africans, they think about just us running around with lions and tigers and all those other animals.
In case you're wondering whether I lip synch, the answer is no... people think so because I sound so good.
I think more like an entertainer rather than just a rapper. My overall goal is to never be listed as just a rapper. You know how Michael Jackson was listed as a great entertainer? That's what I want to be.
I am a good listener. I think that came from my schooling.
I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe.
If I were to name my favorite pastime, I'd have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do too. We need, people like us, more listeners and less talkers.
I think pastors are the worst listeners. We're so used to speaking, teaching, giving answers. We must learn to be quiet, quit being so verbal, learn to pay attention to what's going on, and listen.
If you think about 'The Pill' by Loretta, that was totally blacklisted back then. But she revolutionized and liberated a generation of women - country listeners and beyond - that were sort of in that box and were able to break out of it.
How can people think that artists seek a name? There is no such thing as an artist - only the world, lit or unlit, as the world allows.
I think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children.
I think speculative fiction has fewer unspoken prerequisites than literary fiction for writers of color.
Domestic realism has dominated the American marketplace for decades now. It leeches into literary fiction, and I don't think it's that rich a vein.
One would think that in writing about literary men and matters there would be no difficulty in finding a title for one's essay, or that any embarrassment which might arise would be from excess of material. I find this, however, far from being the case.
I think it's always a challenge to adapt a beautiful literary work into a fresh and alive film.
I enjoyed Jonathan Franzen's 'Freedom.' Would I make that into a film? I think it's better suited to television. That would very much be a dialogue and performance piece, and it would take some very skilful direction - but not my kind of directing. But I thought it was a real literary work.
