Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller.

I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift.

Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane.

Stay true to your brand and true to your voice and audiences will respond to that authenticity with enthusiasm and passion.

People have different reasons for the way they live their lives. You cannot put everyone's reasons in the same box.

The only thing worse than a loser is someone who won't admit he played badly.

You have to always be ready, always be alive, and always be willing to move in a new direction.

I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman.

Mediocrity is the elephant in the room.

We're all victims of our own hubris at times.

I think you need the failures to get the success. You learn more from that.

The present becomes the past instantaneously. Look back by all means but remember that you’re moving forward.

Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you've felt that way.

I have decided on my destiny

Telling a story is like playing a fiddle. No one want's to hear it when it's done badly

I have a smile 24/7.

Mental simulation is not as good as actually doing something. But it's the next best thing. And the right kind of a story is a simulation.

I'm not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty.

Sanctification is the process in which we become more aware of how sinful we are.

In deep confusion, in great despair, when I reach out for him, he is there. When I am lonely as I can be, then I know God shines his light on me.

She's half mad and three parts drunk.