Art doesn't have the stench of a community program. It's transcendent. It is transcendent of morality and transcendent of political position. It is absolutely free. It is the community center.

I love art. But I love it because it is the expression of a living philosophy. It's the leftovers. Art is what's left over from life.

Agendas in general don't work. The agenda is a thing that is perpetually destroyed. But through that destruction, something really interesting comes up.

The authentic self is the soul made visible.

Every day I will renew my commitment and think about the benefits that come from it.

I've dodged all sorts of bullets in Hollywood to get my movies made. I'm tough.

Not all white people are bad.

Trying to convince someone that they are a racist or they have White Privilege - if it's in the air they breathe and the culture supports them, sometimes they never have to think about it at all.

Children always know when their mothers are crazy - they just never admit it, not out loud, to anyone.

If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money, but if they believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.

Its [Resistance] aim is to shove us away, distract us from doing our work.

I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom.

There's always someone telling you not to do something. The main thing is just to ignore them.