You must work hard to get what you want.

Aim for the stars. You will sooner reach the moon.

What you think of me is none of my business.

We are what we think.

I believe in miracles.

Love is stronger than hate.

Asking is the beginning of receiving.

We are what we are.

God is the Creator of all things.

Daily dance uplift the soul to spiritual realms.

A revived spirit, a renewed soul.

I don’t believe in astrology

I'll make my report as if I told a story, for I was taught as a child on my homeworld that Truth is a matter of the imagination.

Unless you have thecourage to say ‘no’ tothe things you don’t want, it’s hard to say ‘yes’ tothe things that you do want.

God forbid we should have great institutions. The thing is to have many small centres. The ideal is community.

Young people in my generation were sort of in lockstep, and it wasn't just the '40s, either. In the '30s and in the '50s it was the same. No one ever dropped out unless he got sick or got kicked out.

Most violence is intra-racial, and much of the violence in African-American communities is a function of drug availability, joblessness and poverty.

The point of life for me is just to make connections with people and share experiences with people.

When you use sleep mask, no one's gonna recognize you. You're gonna look like an idiot, but it's so worth it.

I don't think I can write the story of my life, but I can write the story of my hair.

With my horror movies or with this movie [Valley of Violence], same thing. The subtext of this movie is what to take away from it. Plot is never something that's been my driving force as a filmmaker.