You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it.

I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic make-up, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.

[Rose from "Fences"] couldn't just jump out there. Not just because of economic reasons but because how she was looked at in society at the time. There were a lot of factors that made you stay I guess.

The last few years I've been saying I was ready to quit. It wasn't that interesting to me. Now that I'm directing, it's all new again.

The poorest people are the sweetest people.