One of the greatest tasks of my life has been to teach the colored man he can be anything.

Your self image is so powerful it unwittingly becomes your destiny.

There is no barrier to success which diligence and perseverance cannot hurdle.

It is only by presenting those portions of the race in my pictures, in the light and backround of their true state, that we can raise our people to greater heights.

Every race man and woman should cast aside their skepticism regarding the Negro's ability as a motion picture star.

We want to see our lives dramatized on the screen as we are living it, the same as other people, the world over.

Honest, intelligent criticism is an aid to the progress of an effort.

What I like best is a good story with a moral.

Moving pictures have become one of the greatest revitalizing forces in race adjustment.

My long experience with all classes of humanity had made me somewhat of a student of human nature.

I have always tried...to lay before the colored race a cross section of it's own life, to view the colored heart from close range.

The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.

All a woman actually wants is to feel special.

It's rare - too rare, I have to say - for botanists to become doctors.

Marriage is commonly a meal wherein the soup is better than the desert.

My advice is to develop a good regimen and stick to it!

If we are the sum of everything that happens to us, to limit a person's experience is to limit their growth.

When you nurture people and add value to them without expecting anything in return, they feel significant.

Every movie requires its own style. Just be honest to the story. Tell the story in the best possible way that is different, exciting and original.

Living at the beach, it's hard to get out of the sun.

There is no such thing as a pro-nuclear environmentalist.