As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward.

Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.

You've got to do things that promote what's important.

I ask everyone - white Hollywood and black Hollywood - to get outside of your comfort zone and make friends. That's where they're going to learn from each other, and that's where they're going to make better movies and make Hollywood a better place.

People will always blame the poets for society's ills. But these are the true artists.

I like to move towards a place where my greatest experience is promoting happiness for others. I know that that creates a cycle of the same great experience.

When you're a good giver you're a good getter.