There have been so many instances in my life where movies, music, or literature has made my life tangibly better.

Any work of art dignifies life.

And don't rush to make movies. Movies should be made when they're absolutely ready. There's too many bad movies being made.

Making movies is really hard, and it can be humbling. And once you put them out into the world, you can't control how people will respond to it.

Whether a project is large or small, it doesn't matter much to me as long as I feel I can serve the story as best as possible.

You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?” Aunty Ifeka said. “Your life belongs to you and you alone.

Human beings are very unpredictable in relations and there are no written agreements... Unlike in business transactions...

As I turned to leave the tent, she said, "Don't worry. Your own mother wouldn't know you."I said, "She never has.

If he didn't want to be mauled, he shouldn't have put himself right in my path.

I gave up drinking lots of whiskey and began to practice yoga and meditation. As a result I am not dead.

Along with currency manipulation, the New Deal introduced to Americans the spectacle of Fascist dictation to business, labor, and agriculture.

The inscrutable wisdom through which we exist is not less worthy of veneration in respect to what it denies us than in respect to what it has granted.

The abstract way we think is really grounded in the concrete, bodily world much more than we thought.

If we have too much clarity, we might not be compelled to continue searching for new ideas.

I'm too shy to do kissing scenes.