I don't know how else to tell the story except to utilise that vocabulary: the rain, the darkness, the mansions, the framing, etc, the lighting and that sort of thing.

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

As a child I had terrible asthma.

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

I love movies - it's my whole life, and that's it.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.

Always stay open to surprise.

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.

As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.

Never fear to pursue your dream.

Posting your thoughts on any social media site is like telling you most deeply held secret to the town gossip. Not a wise move.

Work hard, play hard, love hard. <3

It doesn't have to be dreads. You can wear an Afro, or braids like you used to. There's a lot you can do with natural hair

I hate the idea of owning a gun, but I love the idea of owning a cannon.

The last paragraph in which you tell what the story is about is almost always best left out.

The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.

Who feels injustice, who shrinks before a slight, who has a sense of wrong so acute, and so glowing a gratitude for kindness, as a generous boy?