One thing that's happened to me is I've been around a long time and I've played a lot of villains and so forth. I think it had to do... →
Christopher Walken
I became an actor by accident. I suppose I figured since I was in musical comedy from the time I was a teenager, I suppose I figured that I'd... →
Man cannot degrade woman without himself falling into degradation; he cannot elevate her without at the same time elevating himself.
Alexander Walker
I used to meditate all the time in bed. That was when I was raising my daughter, and I'd get her up and off to school, and then I would go back... →
Alice Walker
I cannot claim to have had a hard time publishing.
I think that I do feel that my nature is to express what this self, this particular self at this time, experiences in the world. And that is so... →
June Jordan, who died of cancer in 2002, was a brilliant, fierce, radical, and frequently furious poet. We were friends for thirty years. Not once in... →
For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended.
I think there is a sense of being forced at this time to look at America's really large shadow and that's not all that bad.
It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all.