If the image one holds of one's self contains elements that don't square with reality, one is best advised to let go of them, however difficult that may be.

If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't.

We suffer pain, we hang tight to hope, we nurture expectations, we are plagued occasionally by fears, we are haunted by defeats and unrealized hopes . . . The hoplessness of which I speak is not limited.

My father was the quintessential husband and dad.

I cannot be understood in three minutes.

True 'joy' is the difference between just amusing ourselves to death and creating 'meaningful' pleasure.

The impact of the black audience is expressing itself. They look to films to be more expressive of their needs, their lives. Hollywood has gotten that message - finally.