Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.

The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them with quotations from Kant.

The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.

I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I say, and I don't say what it wants to hear.

For decades, many blacks were reluctant to pursue a profession that was associated with servitude. If you went to school, it was to become a lawyer or doctor. Older generations didn't understand why one would spend money to learn how to chop, peel, dice, and saute vegetables when that trade could be taught at home.

You go to college not only for the latest knowledge but also to meet people from different backgrounds. That's the genius of the American higher-education system compared with the Europeans'. We don't simply skim the elite.

My father had very little formal education.

I went to an arts high school and was surrounded by drama students who dreamed of working in the industry. I almost feel a sense of guilt, because I didn't go to acting school.