Sometimes little things can prolong an experience in a way that you run over budget. It's very scientific; a lot of people don't understand the science that goes behind making a film.

My mother always tells me, "Fear isn't from God," and I believe that. But sometimes, I wonder whether I'll be able step into the shoes that God has prepared for me.

When an artist becomes complacent, he dies.

Trying to convince someone that they are a racist or they have White Privilege - if it's in the air they breathe and the culture supports them, sometimes they never have to think about it at all.

I think it's like the '60s - we're going to see another revolution in film where these new filmmakers stand up and take ownership of what film is and mould it into what they want.

And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.

Sadly, black people disassociate ourselves from the things which make us who we are, identifying them as lesser, or inferior. It's a form of self hate.

I'm not perfect, I'm a flawed man, but I'm willing to try to get better, I'm willing to listen.

I need to take toward a lot of things that will refine me and make me better suited for leading anyone out of any place of injustice to a place of justice.

I'm a work in progress. I'm trying to be better.

When I was young, to have a big nose, big lips or dark skin was the worst. You were the wretched.

On the shores of tranquility, meet me between now and again.

Stay strong, be a warrior and keep moving forward under any and all conditions.

Money is like any other virus: once it has rotted the soul of the person who houses it, it sets off in search of new blood.

What do you want me to tell Romney? I can't tell him to do that. I can't tell him to do that to himself. You're crazy. You're absolutely crazy. You're getting as bad as Biden.

I remember crying my eyes out when I watched the end of the Lion King

In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.

That we do not comprehend or accept something does not invalidate its truth.

I'm such a clever Toad.

I've been offered big money to promote machines. And high-protein diets, when that was really popular. There was always some new powder or diet plan that somebody wanted to put my name on.

But now I know how large the world is... Well. I suppose I have grown to large out of my faction. As a consequence.