Automatic simply means that you can?t repair it yourself.

There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.

No saint, no pope, no general, no sultan, has ever had the power that a filmmaker has; the power to talk to hundreds of millions of people for two hours in the dark.

There are no rules in filmmaking

My films must let every man, woman, and child know that God loves them, that I love them, and that peace and salvation will become a reality only when they all learn to love each other.

Friend, you are a divine mingle-mangle of guts and stardust. So hang in there! If doors opened for me, they can open for anyone.

I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

I always felt the world cannot fall apart as long as free men see the rainbow, feel the rain and hear the laugh of a child.

Most ideologies of the world are not for the individual. They're against the individual. Communism, fascism. Any kind of an ism - almost - they're against the individual.

My Advice to Young Filmmakers is This: Don't Follow Trends. Start Them!

You're worth so much more than anything I can give you. If you can't believe that right now, believe in me.

Some won’t appreciate you no matter how much you do for them. Release yourself. Go where you’re appreciated and understood. –

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My author role model is Kurata Misako. I want to be rich enough to drive from room to room in my home but also down to earth enough to let squirrels live in my hair.

Maybe Christmas is more than a day to receive. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, is a day to believe.

The past is obdurate.― Stephen King, 11/22/63

My sons are my proudest 'accomplishments' in life and I get energised seeing their individual personalities develop as they grow up.

Consider once before you give, twice before you receive, and a thousand times before you ask.

One man's fish is another man's poisson.

I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.