People can always say I don't look impressive enough, but they can't argue over how strong I am once I punch them in the face.

A mighty maze! But not without a plan.

There is this old thing that a lot of people say - that the worst experiences make the best films. I don't subscribe to it. But I've seen it happen.

The food world is more crowded these days, but I think that there are more opportunities.

Not making the baseball team at West Point was one of the greatest disappointments of my life, maybe my greatest.

Stationery is addictive. I get mine made in Paris at Benetton, and writing on it gives me a strange thrill.

The hard part is implementing the decision, not making it.

I love the villains who are really hyper-smart. When at the end of the movie you find out what they were about, and it makes absolutely perfect sense from their point of view.

I'm a black writer from Mississippi. That's what I most consider myself.

I find it difficult [to believe] that... Christians accuse [Black Muslims] of teaching racial supremacy or... hatred, because their own history and... teachings are filled with it.

Just finished 'Secrecy' - truly enthralling both as a love story and as a tale of suspense - but much more than both.