The world wants to define me by my mammary glands and melanin. It is just fascinating that Michael Mann has never been asked what it is like to be a white male filmmaker.

I'm an audience member first. My inspiration is still based on hunger. Often, when people try to tell me "nobody wants that story; I'm like bullshit because I want it."

Sci-Fi is incredibly challenging and has its own language. I have to speak its language; it's not going to learn mine.

I'm really excited about the places I've gone and the places I'm going, internally and externally speaking, and working to bring different spectrums of curiosity to life.

I love the experience of walking into the theater, buying a ticket and all that goes with it.

My aim is to reflect the actual human-scape, a little bit.

Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being - like a worm.

Living according to God's standards is an acquired taste.

Do not be afraid to walk the path that you must go just because you cannot see the end. The path becomes clearer as you continue to go on.

If you can’t fire your best friend or your brother, don’t hire them.

Metal isn't necessarily aggressive. There's metal that's contemplative, there's metal that's sad, and there's metal that's exuberant. No genre is limited in what it can express.

When I first read Lord of the Rings I wanted to see a film of it. But at that time the technology wasn't there, there was no such thing as CGI.

With the advent of spring and beginning of the new harvest season the creators of abundance, our peasants, come out to the fields to sow with good aspirations and hopes.

Have you ever seen a really good chocolate dish & women? It affects women not like men. It’s incredible.

When God writes our names in the 'Lamb's Book of Life' He doesn't do it with an eraser handy. He does it for eternity.

I don't want to because boys don't write poetry. Girls do.