I wouldn't have filmed The Color Purple if the book had been a big fat novel. The reason I read it is because it is thin.

I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends' lives.

All of us every single year, we're a different person. I don't think we're the same person all our lives.

I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living.

Failure is inevitable. Success is elusive.

Our one goal is to give the world a taste of peace, friendship and understanding. Through the visual arts, the art of celebration of life.

I'm always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it's threatened.

Before I go off and direct a movie, I always look at four films. They tend to be The Seven Samurai, Lawrence Of Arabia, It's A Wonderful Life and The Searchers.

The world would be a poorer place without Doctor Who.

Every time I go to a movie, it's magic, no matter what the movie's about.

I interviewed survivors, I went to Poland, saw the cities and spent time with the people and spoke to the Jews who had come back to Poland after the war and talked about why they had come back.

I love you every day. And now I will miss you every day.

To hear them laugh was to hear that everything was all right, but to see them laugh was to see otherwise

I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching - but that won't pay the Bergdorf's bill. I think I'll move to somewhere life is cheaper.

There are only those certain people where things click - at least for me.

He who thinks little errs much.

Truth-telling frightens me. Lying confuses me.

Life finds its wealth by the claims of the world, and its worth by the claims of love.

It's crucial that I kind of keep up, without drifting into the backslapping land of cliche and lifetime achievement awards.

For most women, the success of conservative women is good for all of us, unless you believe in evolution. Actually, I take it back. The whole thing is a disaster.

Do the work, enjoy the work, take it seriously, don't take yourself seriously and keep your head down!