The way I choose parts is I look at the scripts... I choose a part by whether or not it challenges me.

I want to become a very good writer.

It's not imperative that I graduate in four years, and it's not imperative that I get all A's.

See, 'A Time to Kill' was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.

The mischief of children is seldom actuated by malice; that of grown-up people always is.

It was something she didn't want me to do because she thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem. My father was, like, 'If she wants to try it, let her try it.'

Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in kilometers.

I often thought men stank of rage; it is why I preferred women, and homosexuals.

Things have become devalued to the point where people don't realize the repercussions, that they're devaluing themselves. It could end up bringing about chaos, a lawless situation.

How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically.

Many of the white people [who] have been instruments in the hands of God for our good, even such as have held us in captivity, are now pleading our cause with earnestness and zeal.

Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell 'em to do that, they'll find a little pot of gold.

If you fear that people will know if you do something bad, then there is something good in bad. If you are eager for people to know when you do something good, then there is something bad in good.