The only true currency in this bankrupt world are the moments you share with someone when you're uncool.

In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.

Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around.

Be positive, be positive. It's rough out there, but don't succumb. Don't succumb to the cynicism in the world.

I have heard your words and your disappointment, and I offer you a heart-felt apology to all who felt this was an odd or misguided casting choice.

The future isn't just something that happens. It's a brutal force, with a great sense of humor, that'll steamroll you if you're not watching.

I write with music. I write scenes in movies that hopefully can earn the use of some songs that are powerful to me.

Take it from your own life, write what you believe in.

Optimism is a revolutionary act

People dance and we have a lot of music and... this might be the closet I get for a while.

The power of music is still with me, every day. It's one of the most inspiring things available in the world.

Remember how far you’ve come, and you won’t have to rely on a destiny for your future. It will come on your own.

We live our thoughts and manifest them in our attitudes toward ourselves and others. We cannot live beyond our thoughts and convictions.

Don't die a pauper, don't die a commoner and a weakling.

There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.

Silence is a source of great strength.

It's as if you kneel to plant the seed of a tree and it grows so fast that it swallows your whole town before you can even rise to your feet.

Value is what people are willing to pay for it.

In the end we're all searching for our home, that one place where we belong.

While men believe themselves to be seeking truth for its own sake, they are in fact seeking life in truth.

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.