Understand: people will constantly attack you in life. One of their main weapons will be to instill in you doubts about yourself – your worth, your abilities, your potential. They will often disguise this as their objective opinion, but invariably it has a political purpose – they want to keep you down.

Jay-Z is more naturally gifted. He didn't depend as much as 50 did on his personal story. Jay-Z has a great story, he came from a pretty rough background. But 50's early success was so much fueled on the story and where he came from. With Jay-Z, I feel he has a more natural gift for language and for music itself. 50 really had to study and work at it much harder.

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.

News makes things black and white. Documentary filmmaking should do the opposite.

When it comes to mastering a skill, time is the magic ingredient.

To a large extent, the political walls are crumbling.

Hasty climbers have sudden falls.