I don't dictate, you don't dictate to Stevie Wonder, not successfully.

I think black people have to be in control of their own image because film is a powerful medium. We can't just sit back and let other people define our existence.

There's an unwritten law that you cannot have a Jewish character in a film who isn't 100 percent perfect, or you're labeled anti-Semitic.

I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets.

I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten.

It gets dangerous when you start allowing people to validate your work.

Don't think that because you haven't heard from me for a while that I went to sleep. I am still here, like a spirit roaming the night. Thirsty, hungry, seldom stopping to rest.

When you love something it's not a job anymore.

All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love.

American slavery was not a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. It was a holocaust. My ancestors are slaves. Stolen from Africa. I will honor them.

I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect.

But he that sows lies in the end shall not lack of a harvest, and soon he may rest from toil indeed, while others reap and sow in his stead.

When you're young, you say what you feel.When you're adult, you speak what you think.When you grow old, you listen to what nature says.

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

My music is bejewelled, it's colourful, it's romantic, it shines.

Eva. Every day I've climbed up the belfry chanting a lucky chant at one syllable per beat, "To-day-to-day-let-her-be-here-to-day-to-day.

Quality … has to do with intention.

The most likely cause of a man's depression is his failure to be the man he thinks he should be

They say golf is like life, but don't believe them. It's more complicated than that.

You said sloppy! Look, I didn't even use my sword; I hit him with my head, like a moron.

...so remember: great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.