The importance is getting to something truthful and in that moment can only be in that moment. I don't like to use the word "improvise," but it's a continual writing of the film.

I have many projects in various states of development. Some are on paper and some are in my head. But as I go on, I feel the need to be guided in my choices.

What really enthralls me is working with the actor and seeing where you can go with that. It's in that exchange and that relationship.

To use an image, making a film is like climbing a mountain or crossing an ocean. Every day has its challenges.

I didn't really think in terms of clichés or non-clichés.

I grew up in and identify with and that she works and exists in.

When it comes time to make the scenes concrete and shoot them, I want the freedom for it to exist which means adding, subtracting or modifying.

The writing of the script is a continual process. There's the first draft and then many, many re-writes here and there.

My film (Black Venus) had been very emotionally draining and difficult because I had identified so much with the lead character, Saartjie Baartman.

You're a part of the order if you're not against it.

So lively brisk old fellow don't let age get you down. White hairs or not you can still be a lover.

Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

The allegation of some progressives that America is an evil empire is not simply wrong—it is obscene.

Round, cat-eye frames, wayfarers, and aviators are my go-tos.

I believe that all human beings are equal. I believe that no one has the right to authority over anyone else.

No one in their right mind can say to me with a straight face that the Patriot Act has not aggregated the Fourth Amendment.

I remember as a teen being able to eat more than my father. I was growing so fast and my body couldn’t keep up.

I believe in the joyous power of an unscheduled dance break.

If we all were judged according to the consequences Of all our words and deeds, beyond the intention And beyond our limited understanding Of ourselves and others, we should all be condemned.