Today is all we have, tomorrow is a mirage that may never become reality.

You can't fight the desert... you have to ride with it.

When I die, remember that what you knew of me is with you always. What is buried is only the shell of what was. Do not regret the shell, but remember the man. Remember the father.

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

Knowledge is like money: To be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.

Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.

There are good men everywhere. I only wish they had louder voices.

The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.

Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance.

Long ago I learned nothing gets done by just wishing it. You have to do it.

There is nothing more dangerous than a woman with a shotgun. Because you don't know when it's going to go off...and neither does she.

I hope what I do has an art to it, and as an artist you have to try new things and keep yourself entertained.

The key is love, the action is service, and the joy is knowing the grandeur that is God in us and in everything.

Everyone wants to work in America. Maybe not blockbusters or Terminator, but to have the choice.

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.

Every character I do is something special to me. Every time you score with a great character relationship in a movie, it becomes your baby.

I have an Augustus Waters fetish.

Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet. This is no small contribution.

If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.

I've always been open to doing reality again. Just under certain circumstances.

The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.