I always say, what really makes a movie commercial is that it makes its money back.

In film producing, there is an inherent tension between the director, the money and the producer, and that's what keeps it flowing and honest and accountable.

I keep trying to train myself to stop saying 'filmmaker' and start saying 'storyteller.' We're telling stories.

My first job, honestly, was as a proofreader. I say that a little disparagingly, but it actually was this sort of incredible thing, where I got this job proofreading for a cable television magazine.

When a crisis occurs, I feel that one of my greatest responsibilities is to set a tone of calm no matter what the problems. Sometimes I have to fake confidence a lot. I also have to fake calm.

The only way to sustain a career is to be as prolific as you can be, and open to opportunities.

It's humiliating to have to explain your value.

Ultimately when I throw myself behind a movie, I have to really believe in that directors vision.

I came to New York, and it was a really cool time. People like Jim Jarmusch and Spike Lee were making their first movies, and they were making movies that were personal narratives.

There were Hollywood movies and then there were those aggressively anti-narrative films that they showed at the Collective for Living Cinema.

I think that when you're doing an under-four-million-dollar movie, you just can't throw money at the problems.

I figured something out. The future is unpredictable.

I want all of my lasts to be with you

You can become anything that you want to be but the goal is for you to become your best self.

Faith alone is never enough. You must follow up with the right effective plan and strategic action.

I would never say that GOD did not do anything I wished for he made it come true.

The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future.

After decades of declining influence on the affairs of the world, there is once again a widespread consideration of spritual principles as an antidote to the pain of our times.

If I'm enjoying myself, I find my opportunities for more fun become greater.

The knowledge of courtesy and good manners is a very necessary study. It is like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and an inclination to love one another at the first sight.

It's like most anything. If you want to be a loser, there's always a way to dwell on the negative. If you want to win, there's always a way to think positively.