To make independent films, you can't think about them too much, ponder on them too much, get overwhelmed by the enormity of it.

Right now I'm taking a break from hip-hop documentaries. But I would do it if things lined up.

A Tribe Called Quest music was so inclusive, so conscious, it brought such a community together.

Only a genius can play a fool.

I had a boom box, but I didn't go too far with it because I had a really, really big one. It was like the size of a suitcase, and I was just a little kid.

I don't think the subject of a documentary film should be producers on it.

When I was a kid, my first favorite song was probably Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side."

My freestyling ability is nonexistent. I can't even write a verse if I tried to sit anywhere and write one. Being a good rapper is hard to do. I'm a good Rapaport, but that's about it.

Being a good rapper is hard to do. I'm a good Rapaport, but that's about it.

Call it stubborn, call it ignorant, call it what you want, but I don't think I have to join a particular faith or culture or creed or religion just to fit in.

Positive doesn't mean unflawed: It means human and vulnerable. If you make a film and you're portraying the subject with respect, you're gonna do it in an honest way.

In reality, we live in everyone. I live in you. You live in me. There is no gap, no distance. We all are eternally one.

You can lie in any language on earth, and body language is no exception.

The only universal language I know of that wraps up joy and gratitude and love is laughter.

Twilight' fans are great.

Technology may change rapidly, but people change slowly. The principals [of design] come from understanding of people. They remain true forever.

Models can easily become so complex that they are impenetrable, unexaminable, and virtually unalterable.

You've confused a war on your religion with not always getting everything you want.

In fact, they didn't talk much at all, but they spent time together, each in his own abyss, held safe and tight by the other's silence.

The Holy Spirit transforms and renews us, creates harmony and unity, and gives us courage and joy for mission.

Love itself draws on a woman nearly all the bad luck in the world