There is no higher form of artistic expression then film

The real gladiators of the world are so humble in their origins and unremarkable in appearance that when we stand next to them in a grocery-store line, we never guess how brightly their souls can burn in the dark.

I could only wonder again at the white race's naïveté in always sending forth our worst members as our emissaries.

When you find the right people, you never let go. The people who count are the ones who are your friends in lean times. You have all the friends you want when things are going well.

Why do I always feel like you're trying to staple my umbilical cord to the corner of your desk?

Write for the love of your art. Someplace down the road, the money, the fame, they'll come, but by that time you won't be thinking in terms of money or fame.

A lie is an act of theft. It steals peoples faith and makes them resent themselves