“America has a strange relationship with its racial memory. Death has a...” — Salim Akil Quote

“America has a strange relationship with its racial memory. Death has always been a constant companion of black people.”

“I never saw a true representation - an iconic hero - for myself. It just got boring, reading about all these really powerful and heroic white guys.”

“I always approach storytelling with the idea that the audience will get it. They understand almost better than we do, because they get to watch it from an entirely different perspective with new eyes.”

“My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons.”

“I hate flashy metrosexual men. I prefer a rustic man who will make a long-time companion.”

“There was a golden retriever who saved countless lives on September 11 by going back in to find people. His companion was in a wheelchair. He got him out and kept going back in to save others.”