The road to success is through commitment.

Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity. Why would you be realistic? What's the point of being realistic? I'm going to do it. It's done. It's already done. The second I decide it's done, it's already done.

Make a choice of what you want, who you want to be and how you're going to do it. The universe will get out of your way.

I know how to learn anything I want to learn. I absolutely know that I could learn how to fly the space shuttle because someone else knows how to fly it, and they put it in a book. Give me the book, and I do not need somebody to stand up in front of the class.

I think that when I make a film, I'm terrified that people will come to work and work on something that they're not proud of.

I love being black in America, and especially being black in Hollywood.

My grandmother used to always say, 'People need to be worth something.'