Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

Full disclosure: James Comey is a friend. I won't pretend to neutrality about him. He is a highly honorable and decent person, and I have no doubt that he made the many judgments for which people loathe him in good faith.

I'm not crazy about having lots of time to myself. Whenever I come back from filming away, I immediately want to go and see my friends and my family and re-establish my life. I can fill time when I'm alone, but I love being around other people.

I would even say that my parents, and their friends in our community, thought of education as a kind of armor against racism.

Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.