You have more power than you know, Samantha. You just have to be brave enough to realize it.

My dad always says that you don't get to choose what happens in the world, only how you react to it.

A heart filled with light will always be in the middle of darkness. But, once it shines more brightly, there's nothing to be afraid. You, are the one who will conquer it.

And as for the enlightened, one can only pity them the deceptions of their muses.

Usually, we have some of those nostalgic moments like, "Oh my god, I can't believe we survived that day," because filmmaking is such a wild roller coaster ride.

True beauty radiates not from outer cosmetics, but from the simple joy of making a difference for those that need your voice, passion, and time without expecting or wanting anything in return.

You must accept something before you can change it.

I couldn't watch Tom and Jerry. The cruelty was too much. I had all these strange images, of tiny animals, all mixed up.

I'm such a dude. I'm just like, 'All right, I have to get up in my monkey suit.' I'd rather be in jeans.

I think every film is somehow a political film. You show a perspective and a world that has logic, and that logic is inserted into a political environment, and it means something. Yes, why not?

No matter how big a house you have or how slick a car you drive, the only thing you can take with you at the end of your life is your conscience.

Anything I have ever learned of any consequence, I have learned from Black people. I have never been bored by any Black person, ever.