“So many killings of black men in my lifetime. The physical shock is as...” — Alice Walker Quote

“So many killings of black men in my lifetime. The physical shock is astounding.”

“Listen, God love everything you love--and a mess of stuff you don't. But more than anything else, God love admiration.”

“Even with all of the things that are so awful, if you walk into your yard and stay there looking at almost anything for five minutes, you will be stunned by how marvelous life is and how incredibly lucky we are to have it.”

“It'd be interesting to know how many pounds of game meat get turned into jerky every year in the United States. It has to be an astounding number.”

“Rey's parents left her at 5, and we meet her when she's late teens or early 20s, and for someone to keep hopeful that there's a better life to come, I think, is astounding. Though she starts off alone, she very much finds her place in a group of people, and that's lovely.”

“It's astounding to me that in a country where there is an ever-growing divide between rich and poor, that people won't accept the need for regulation on banks and salaries and so on.”