the creative mind is as delicately balanced as the needle trembling in a compass; the presence of antagonistic metal deflects it instantly.

If one isn't parsimonious before Christmas one can't be munificent when it arrives.

Cynicism's always a pose - always.

When in doubt, always start a new paragraph.

But had I accepted the pickle juice, I would be drinking pickle juice right now.

True giving is not what goes on when the cameras are rolling-but what goes on in the heart.

What we find to love or to hate comes to us as a substitute for something else.

You ought to be ironical the minute you get out of bed. You ought to wake up with your mouth full of pity.

The false world is full of illusions and misery.

Writing and telling are almost the same, the way I do it.

I've won every debate I've had with an atheist, and never converted even a single one.

You're young, be adventurous, don't give up, and then your dream will come true.

All the superhero stuff is Greek myths and Greek gods, wearing tights and capes. That's what they are. That's what I gravitate towards.

Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema since the days of D.W. Griffith.