I need to take toward a lot of things that will refine me and make me better suited for leading anyone out of any place of injustice to a place of justice.

My mother always tells me, "Fear isn't from God," and I believe that. But sometimes, I wonder whether I'll be able step into the shoes that God has prepared for me.

When an artist becomes complacent, he dies.

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.

I think it's like the '60s - we're going to see another revolution in film where these new filmmakers stand up and take ownership of what film is and mould it into what they want.

And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.

Sadly, black people disassociate ourselves from the things which make us who we are, identifying them as lesser, or inferior. It's a form of self hate.

I'm not perfect, I'm a flawed man, but I'm willing to try to get better, I'm willing to listen.

I'm a work in progress. I'm trying to be better.

When I was young, to have a big nose, big lips or dark skin was the worst. You were the wretched.

I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for "then" but a message for "now."

You can be anything you want to be. You can be a street sweeper, if you want. Just be the best blasted street sweeper you can be . . . And, you know you can be mayor.

There is a right and a wrong in the universe, and the distinction between the two is not that difficult to make.

I just really like ants, and I really like science. I was interested and curious about the quantum world and the physics behind how it all works.

I did a movie with Woody Allen [“Hollywood Ending” in 2002]. I only had a few days with Treat on that film. I immediately liked Treat. Treat and I had a sense of humor about the whole thing.

You never know how many friends you have until you rent a house on the beach.

Digo, paciencia y barajar. What I say is, patience, and shuffle the cards.

Dreams do not work unless you do.

As so often before, on the courage and determination of British men and women, serving our country, the fate of many nations rests.

If the best of one's feelings means nothing to the person most concerned in those feelings, what reality is left us?

When you have got a thing where you want, it is a good thing to leave it where it is.