Nobel Prize money is a life-belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the shore in safety.
My mom had me when she was 16, and I was an only child, which is probably why I received a lot of love and didn't miss that my father wasn't around.
At the end of the day, audiences just want to laugh and be entertained. They want to escape from their reality, and that's why we make movies, to get people to escape from the realities.
I'm not tied to budgets. I'm tied to the story that I want to tell, and how much it's going to cost is up to whatever the economic situation of the studio is.
I'm definitely not a nerd.
I love everything black, because black is cool. When something crosses over, people are like, "Oh, this is a crossover. " First of all, there is no urban anymore. Pop culture is black. White kids are dressing like black kids. It's all crossed the lines now. The way I understand it is, everything black is cool. When it crosses over to white, that means it's going from cool to uncool. That's what crossover is.
I'm constantly being visually stimulated.
My guaranteed way of sending myself into deep depression is to read music trade papers and watch MTV.
When the sun sets like fire, I will think of you, when the moon casts its light, I'll remember, too, if a soft rain falls gently, I'll stand in this place, recalling the last time, I saw your kind face. Good fortune go with you, to your journey's end, let the waters run calmly, for you, my dear friend.
My work from the last 25 years has been asking people to see differently.
Very great change starts from very small conversations, held among people who care.