Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.

In a mad world only the mad are sane.

I can't afford to hate anyone. I don't have that kind of time.

Man is a genius when he is dreaming.

Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.

It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.

The role of the artist is to not look away.

There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.

If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.

I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?

We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.

You are my beautiful forever... a connection so deep that even an eternity doesn't seem long enough to spend with you.

The armament industry is indeed one of the greatest dangers that beset mankind. It is the hidden evil power.

The more we refuse to buy into our inner critics - and our external ones too - the easier it will get to have confidence in our choices, and to feel comfortable with who we are.

They say I do not have the qualifications to be president, that I do not have education. Well, I would never divide the Liberian people.

I'm afraid to do theater now.

We have a rotting infrastructure that is literally poisoning children in Flint, Newark and elsewhere.

The only real freedom we have left is the home. Only there can we express anything we want.

My crown is in my heart, not on my head.