I come from a family of very devout, praying people. That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.

I don't care about what brand you are, I'm concerned what type of man you are, what your principles and standards are.

Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.

I dreamt that I could paint you with words, but there were no colors bright enough, black or white enough, blue or green enough...they didn't mean enough

Make today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand.

Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.

They say that when a man faces his destiny, the destiny ends and he becomes the man that he really is.

It’s one thing to be the greatest; it’s another thing to be necessary. The best are the most necessary: those who take less than they give and love more than they hate.

My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.

That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.

I don't want to waste anyone's time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift.

The number of your antagonists are far more greater than that of your companions, so you have to keep a stone of awareness to mark the boundary line.

I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I will work as an artist to survive in this world.

Stupidity has no friends, and wants none.

There is no endeavor more noble than the attempt to achieve a collective dream.

When I went to film school about three years ago, the first two years you're required to make a series of short films. I started making films based on short poems.

It's such a rich experience when you enter into a subject from a documentary point of view. It's hard for fiction to compete with that.

For try as one may to expel nature with a hayfork, it will always come back.

Alas, not all things in life are easy; Even man struggles to be human.

The simple and most complex answer is love.

For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of Lochinvar.