When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.

And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my fingers upon thee!

When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'

My plan is to have a theatre in some small town or something and I'll be manager. Ill be the crazy old movie guy.

Just because I was at an anti-police brutality protest, doesn't mean I'm anti-police. We want justice, but stop shooting unarmed people.

If you want to make a movie, make it. Don't wait for a grant, don't wait for the perfect circumstances, just make it.

Don't write what you think people want to read. Find your voice and write about what's in your heart.

In real life there are no bad guys. Everybody just has their own perspective.

Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.

If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.

Hamburgers! The corner-stone of any nutritious breakfast.

Like any value, empathy must be acted upon.

I play with a fear of letting people down. That's what motivates me.

I'm pore, I'm black, I may be ugly and can't cook, a voice say to everything listening. But I'm here.

The interesting thing is how one guy, through living out his own fantasies, is living out the fantasies of so many other people.

since God has appointed one remedy for all the evils in the world and that is a contented spirit.

No money, no place to live – I’ve been in more dangerous situations than other people.

No matter how efficient school training may be, it would only produce stagnation, orthodoxy, and rigid pedantry if there were no uncommon men pushing forward beyond the wisdom of their tutors.

I try to clear my mind of everything, I try to think of nothing. I just let my body act, the body can take control and do what it's trained to do.

It's tough now to meet a girl who wants to hang out with you because she likes your personality - who hasn't seen you on TV and is like, 'Hey!'