I always loved comic books and I'm still a great fan of the graphic novel.

I tend not to look back. It's confusing.

I did have an offer to direct one of the Alien movies but I wasn't too excited about all the effects work.

Some say Hollywood movies that are made about boxing are just metaphors for other things, I think I've made one that's actually about boxing and not a metaphor.

Naturally we need black men to give this movie serious credibility.

I've always wanted to do a boxing movie.

Well, I'm about to do another western, a pilot for HBO this fall.

You as an audience can look at these things as films, but I remember them as social experiences.

I wouldn't not want to be a director and write as I wouldn't not to want to be a writer and direct movies.

I mean no film is beyond criticism, but I think we've made a very modest movie.

I get a great high from writing.

Of all the parts of your body, be most vigilant over your index finger, for it is blame-thirsty. A pointed finger is a victim’s logo.

No soldier outlives a thousand chances. But every soldier believes in Chance and trusts his luck.

Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

Synchronicity: A meaningful coincidence of two or more events where something other than the probability of chance is involved.

No woman has an abortion for fun.

I’ve never trusted anyone all the time. It’s the people I care about the most that always seem to do the most damage.

The ten thousand things flourish and then each returns to the root from which it came. Returning to the root is stillness. Through stillness each fulfils its destiny.

I don't think we'll understand Advent correctly until we see it as a preparation for a revolution.

If you're playing with the best, you just rise up to that level