It sounds kind of flighty, filmmaker-y, but I believe films are a piece of art. They are meant to be what they're meant to be, and sometimes the artist is informed by the film of what it needs to be.

If your dream only includes you, it's too small.

Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day until you reach your goal.

Figure out what you need to do to be the heroine of your own story.

Don't wait for permission to do something creative.

If you're doing something outside of dominant culture there's not an easy place for you. You will have to do it yourself.

When you're in your lane, there's no traffic.

We have to find new ways to work without permission, new ways to turn corners and go through doors that are closed off to us to create our own audiences and our own material independently.

I've passed along some advice that Oprah [Winfrey] gave to me: When something bad is happening, it's not happening to you; it's happening for you.

Stop asking, start doing.

If your work is solid, it really doesn't matter what people you know because good work starts to rise to the top.

Are you worried? Jesus says there is nothing to worry about. It isn’t our kingdom, it’s God’s. We take our cue from the King, and the King is not fretting over anything. He is in complete control.

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.

If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.

You know, you're only as happy as your least happy child. So if your kids aren't okay, you're not good.

This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is just beyond belief.

Gaiety pleases more when we are assured that it does not cover carelessness.

The great thing about media now is that you have 360 degrees worth of opinions and can find whatever you want and tune out whatever you want.

He sometimes behaves like water, flowing around the obstacles he encounters.

I'm jackin' off reading Playboy on a hot afternoon, I'm a three time loser.

Romance makes a radiant sunrise out of every moment.