My very first professional job was a cartoon, doing voices for the Mr. T cartoon in high school.

I played Dungeons & Dragons and have read comic books since I was a kid.

In video games and animation, you find that the toughest things to make different are the things that aren't words: grunts, groans, gasps.

Quentin Tarantino was fantastic. I mean, he can be almost unbearable as a person. At a party, you can't get a word in edgewise for, like, an hour. But as a director, he is so completely open and just... present.

What made me decide to run was the dire state of the economy and the non-leadership of President Obama. At that point in time, my campaign put a mustache on Obama as part of the national campaign drive.

As a team leader, I have always told my team to never give up. Analyse why you failed so that, next time, you know what should not be done.

Black and Jewish leaders have been a coalition of conscience.

On the day I became Soviet leader, in March 1985, I had a special meeting with the leaders of the Warsaw Pact countries and told them: 'You are independent, and we are independent. You are responsible for your policies, we are responsible for ours. We will not intervene in your affairs, I promise you.'