There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut.

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

As a child I had terrible asthma.

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

I love movies - it's my whole life, and that's it.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.

Always stay open to surprise.

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.

Earth is the holiest place in the Universe, loving the earth, and loving life is the way to generate positive vibrations.

I extend my deepest gratitude to our Armed Forces and first responders serving both at home and abroad in the war against terrorism.

Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is greater in advancing the cause of our liberation than what has transpired thus far.

When you keep it within the walls, it dies. When you take it out where Jesus intended it to be, it happens.

Work, which is considered an expression of a person’s value, also becomes a part of one’s spirituality and achieves the higher aim of the Supreme Good

Probably I am very naive, but I also think I prefer to remain so, at least for the time being and perhaps for the rest of my life.

The future may require not so much having a new idea as stopping having an old idea.

I like to box. It's a great release.

Don't 'write what you know.' Make up something new!

The high point of your life was when you knocked me down