There's always criticism in any process and I think that's a healthy thing.

I think having six people all with different energies and different perceptions all working around a script is quite profound. It’s not about, oh that’s what you should be doing.

If the young filmmakers ask themselves enough questions and come up with enough answers and get the scripts tight enough.

What is most important is that the brand African cinema is going beyond African cinema.

Most High God, how excellent is thy Holy name.

You draw characters speaking loud and clear but you’re not hearing them.

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy.

When you are on the management side, you still have to understand the artistic sensibility so that there is a dialogue with the creative side.

The key is to get it all down on paper before the coffee stops telling you you're talented.

If people think I'm angry, I don't want to burst anybody's bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it's not really anger; it's discipline.

I think the most dangerous influence for a young writer is to be treated with cynicism or discouragement.

... every little boy thinks he invented sin.

I shot a vein in my neck and coughed up a quaalude.

I think it's bad for human beings to be artists. It's awful. You want to do something but you're constantly trying to decide what you want to do. Let's just say it's no place like Hawaii.