It's a very stressful thing, directing a movie. You have the budget, you have the schedule, you are in certain confines, and you have everybody giving you advice about what to do.

Time goes on. So whatever you're going to do, do it. Do it now. Don't wait.

You learned the two greatest thing in life, never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut.

Better to be king for a night than a schmuck for a lifetime.

When you love someone you gotta trust them, there's no other way. You gotta give them the key to everything that's yours. Otherwise, what's the point?

I never walk into a place I don't know how to walk out of.

If you don't go, you'll never know.

You'll have time to rest when you're dead.

You don't need words to express feelings.

Passion should always trump common sense.

I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, 'There's no place like New York. It's the most exciting city in the world now. That's the way it is. That's it.'

If you want a nation to have space exploration ambitions, you've got to send humans.

That's my fun time so, to me, doing my homework, studying on what I do, watching the movies, listening to music, all that inspires me so I focus a lot on that and practice.

As for all I can tell, the only difference is that what many see we call a real thing, and what only one sees we call a dream.

My personal life, my normal life, is so important to me. To be able to go back to my personal life and leave characters behind is important; I don't keep them with me.

Should you be unfortunate enough to have vices, you may, to a certain degree, even dignify them by a strict observance of decorum;at least they will lose something of their natural turpitude.

God made us to consume food. He did not make food to consume us.

in the very long run any success devours - and perhaps also corrupts.

I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.

Getting older, I realize I've had a very fortunate life. I've had a budget that's allowed me to do just about any silly little thing the mind could conjure up, and I'm still alive and here.

I am the greatest thing to happen to black music.