If you do not step forward you will always remain where you are.

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

Life is like a moustache. It can be wonderful or terrible. But it always tickles.

Love is not enough. But, it is the rock on which all else stands.

know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it.

Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing.

If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy.

It's hard to resist a bad boy who's a good man.

Love and magic have a great deal in common. they enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.

People and relationships never stop being a work in progress

With persistent focus, commitment and enthusiasm, your dream will be reality.

There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.

Any person can achieve greatness if they understand the philosophy of success and the steps required to achieve it.

I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much

Our problem is that we don't have enough people in America, including black people, who are progressive and willing to sacrifice their popularity in order to tell the truth.

I have a bee in my bonnet as to how few black historical figures one sees on film; incredible stories, stories from which we are living the legacy and which just don't get made.

We call that runnin' through the okra patch.

You can't possibly spend a lifetime with anybody and know them.

I'll just say it: I love Sundance; my very first film won Sundance.

As long as I don't break the camera, I'll be fine.