I got into film-making because I was interested in making entertaining movies, which I felt there was a lack of.

It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can direct lots of films, because directing films is fun and interactive and gregarious. Writing isn't.

We're not unique. We're quite volatile as individuals, but that doesn't work exponentially when we are together. Relationships are about eating humble pie.

My principal job is to make interesting and entertaining films, and I'm not proud of which format or which particular technique I use. I just wanted the film to look good.

I'm not under too much of an illusion of how smart or un-smart I am because filmmaking ultimately is about teamwork.

If somebody has a better idea than me, I'll take it if it surpasses what we have on the page because at the end of the day, it's me that takes the credit anyway!

If you change the rules on what controls you... you will change the rules on what you can control.

The best thing to do is find one person in your life and try to love them unconditionally. If you've accomplished that, you've accomplished a lot.

We can all be conned but at what point do we realize that we're being conned and to what point do we allow ourselves to be conned?

I think there's a natural system in your own head about how much violence the scene warrants. It's not an intellectual process, it's an instinctive process.

I got too fed up with films that didn't make you think. I liked the idea of one that you'd have to be dancing around with. I like my mind to be engaged when I watch a film.

Be happy about your own life and you'll be amazed at just how much more beautiful you'll find it to be.

In darkness, don’t cry, wait for the star to appear.

Harlem is filled with moments of history.

I'm a bit of a potty mouth. My dad used to wash out my mouth with soap, but that was just to get rid of any traces of his DNA.

Life is a short affair; We should try to make it smooth, and free from strife.

The interests of the employers and the employed are the same nine times out of ten-I will even say ninety-nine times out of ten.

I have great faith in God. Without faith, I don't know how I would have been able to get through what I've been through.

Anything we need to know, we can learn it from a book. Reading, careful study, a little practice, and we’re throwing knives expertly, overhauling engines, speaking Esperanto like natives.

Am I foolish and insignificant or am I great? I gave all the individuals in the world cause to kneel down in front of me.

Money is becoming one of the most corrosive elements of politics.