I quit school in ninth grade, even though I was good at the studies. I knew I didn't need school for what I wanted.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me . . they’re cramming for their final exam.

I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.

All the media and the politicians ever talk about is things that separate us, things that make us different from one another

Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.

In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

There is a planet named Pluto, but we don't have one named Goofy. Goofy would be a good name for this planet. It certainly qualifies.

The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by its works of genius, of erudition, and of science.

The strongest force in the universe is Compound Interest.

Get somebody else for Jesus Christ and you will get a new vision of life, a new vision of what it means.

Any kind of civil rights oppression is wrong.

I reject the notion that human beings have a single intelligence, which can be drawn on for the full range of problem solving.

An essay is something that tracks the evolution of a human mind.

If I could change a single thing about my life,' she said gently, 'I would not have been so unhappy when I was young.

And what if, in order to keep on living, I have to continue to accept myself?

I'm a storyteller who uses all of the beauty and power of cinema to tell tales of human struggles for positive social change.