"I come from a young, hip-hop, urban world."

"My grandma is kind of a rock star. She goes to France and all over."

"Why don't women have respect for themselves nowadays? What happen to the woman who learned her grandmama's recipes and made her man sweet potato pie? I tell you, they don't make 'em like they used to. Will my real women stand up, please?"

"I'm always doing comedy and will never hit up a 9-to-5 desk job."

"Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed."

"If I feel like it's a well-written script and if it speaks to me, it's something I want to do. I usually rely on my instincts when it comes to a script."

"Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church."

"I can't really put it in one sentence because although on one hand Preacher is about faith and yes it is also about, I suppose, the search for God, the search for faith and the manipulation and the abuse committed by figures in whom I suppose people have faith."