The great thing about movies is that they're collaborative. And the worst thing is that they're collaborative.

I like New York because you're kind of forced to smell everybody else's funk. So it keeps you biologically attached to the world around you.

When you go to a restaurant, the less you know about what happens in the kitchen, the more you enjoy your meal.

I like to do theater and hopefully be effective. Most actors, at least contemporary actors of my generation, can't do it. They don't have the chops.

I think I was afraid of what I might say when I got onto someone's stage or in front of someone's camera.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.

The reason why things work is because of love.

Well, I like to be kept on my toes. I look for a challenge. I don't like to recreate steps that I've already walked. I like to see if I can create something new.

As much as we teach our kids, the process teaches us. If we're being diligent, we're learning from our strengths as parents, but also from the mistakes that we make.

New York is the greatest character actor ever. Any film that is shot in New York is elevated by the city.

You're a master on blues piano. The real deal.

Sick of lame ducks, use Cosmic Ordering and your ducks will lay golden eggs.

Every joy is like a piece of mirror: always reflecting..

Men can go to hell! I’ll meet them there.

Man and animals are in reality vehicles and conduits of food, tombs of animals, hostels of Death, coverings that consume, deriving life by the death of others.

What I'm going for with the string arrangements for my Antarctic symphony is a pun here.

What's going on with the Oakland Raiders? You know, I don't want to say the Raiders are bad, but you know, now, a lot of fans are painting their faces just so they won't be recognized.

Remember that just because you hit bottom doesn't mean you have to stay there.

A man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is persecuted; he must also be right.

Doubt of any kind cannot be resolved except by action.

Broken crayons still colour the same