My understanding of God has come from my own personal experiences. Because I was in trouble so many times in New York that if you were me, you would believe in God too.

Be like snow - cold, but beautiful.

Be Young, Be Dope, Be Proud.

I am nostalgic of an era I never knew.

What other people think of me is none of my business. Sometimes, it hurts my feelings, but I have to just keep going.

No matter how many people give me advice, I am going to do what my heart tells me to do

Being brave means knowing that when you fail, you don't fail forever.

They judge me like a picture book, by the colors, like they forgot to read.

Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful? Will you still love me when I've got nothing but my aching soul?

Sometimes I wish I was a beautiful machine so I could resist your kiss and not cry when you're mean.

In New York I pretty much live in diners - I order French Fries, Diet Coke floats and lots of coffee.

Don't waste your time trying to win people over that can never be won over.

The kitchen door, painted red from the day Naomi moved in, and a geranium, also red, outside on the stoop, gave the whole area a feeling of whimsy.

The challenge for capitalism is that the things that breed trust also breed the environment for fraud.

We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can.

Ahhh, I love to love you baby, ahhh.

It is only in the backward countries of the world that increased production is still an important object.

My directing style is long takes. The longer take I can do, the more I can think of not doing it in cuts, the better.

It is the individual artist who must act courageously in an effort to grow.

The something of somewhere is mostly just the nothing of nowhere.

Bloated budgets are ruining Hollywood - these pictures are squeezing all the other types of movies out of Hollywood. It's disastrous.