I grew up with white parents and until after college, it was a lot of confusion, especially because I grew up in an all-white area. So I never looked around and saw anyone who looked like me.

Be passionate about your [movie] material, because you're going to have to overcome a lot of "No's," and it's that passion that fuels the fight.

A classic is a classic for a reason. Let's try to create new classics. The idea of repeating ourselves drives me a little crazy.

I want us to have it all, love and career. It's a struggle sometime to achieve that, but I love the struggle.

In film school, I knew I wanted to be a director, but I found out pretty damn quickly that nobody was just going to hand me a script to direct.

I write to music, and Nina Simone is always on my playlist to write to. I mean, shes inspiring. She's truthful and real and raw.

I write to music, so every script I have has its own playlist. Music just opens me up to the emotions that I'm writing.

Sports also teaches you that it's about the team, and the better your teammates are, the better they make you.

I love movies. And I dig a great love story: the kind that wrecks me, then builds me back up and leaves me inspired. I write what I want to see.

There are so many romantic comedies made, but very few dramas or love stories. And with a love story, you have to take time to develop three-dimensional characters.

The luxury to drink from the wisdom of God and ability to connect with the heavens in prayer gives birth to a desire to get the job done...

The worship of God shouldn’t be done in church alone, but in all our actions and our attitude towards His creation

Gather up all your scattered dreams and build the life you love.

Fate and family put me in charge of this city. I will run it my way.

You live your life proportional to your love for life.

Driving home I switch on the radio and one of those old Motown voices comes on and reaches my heart.

There are few things more dangerous than a zealot with discipline

My art has gained some high value.

My work caused me to interview hundreds of women about their lives and their problems.

Barrons, Jericho: I haven't the faintest fecking clue. He keeps saving my life. I suppose that's something.