Everyone's sort of the same height when you're looking from bird's eye view.

The action movie, the thriller and the drama all have safety nets under them. But not the horror film. The horror film can sink to an abyss far darker than the imagination can ever reach.

I thought if I told no one it might not be true.

I tweet from bed. I love it because it's so quick. And it's funny. But it also leaves a lot of room for error because new people don't sense the sarcasm - there's no sarcasm font.

Nothing that results in human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. Those that are enlightened before the others are condemned to pursue that light in spite of the others.

The storytelling gift is innate: one has it or one doesn't. But style is at least partly a learned thing: one refines it by looking and listening and reading and practice - by work.

It's hard to stay true to yourself and what you want in life when there are so many distractions and so much craziness going on around you.

i know i'm not clever but i'm always right.

The general public are not even aware of major decisions that will determine their fate, hence are in no position to influence them

My mom used to get involved with the Black Panther activities in Los Angeles. For me it was more about how to view my consciousness on these issues with a biblical framework.

All my brothers and sisters have stories about Dad like this. I remember, when my sister was about to beat him in checkers for the first time, he knocked the board over.

I write my scripts short and they develop on the set, which I have found a far better premise both economically and practically.