[Muammar] Gaddafi probably had more blood on his hands of Americans than anybody else.
It's very uncomfortable to talk about race. It often devolves before it begins.
We need to break boundaries, so every time I feel like, "Oh snap, oh my God, I don't know how this is gonna be received," I also feel this validation, like, "All the greats, all my favorites have felt this. "
Like comedy, horror has an ability to provoke thought and further the conversation on real social issues in a very powerful way.
Sometimes blessings come in strange packages.
I look at racism as one of the social demons. And, in its worst, it's violent and it's a systemic commitment to oppression.
The conversation about race is inevitable. It's one that people know that we have to have and continue to have.
When I was young, I asked my priest how to get to heaven and still protect yourself from all the evil in the world. He told me what God told His children;'You are sheep among wolves, be wise as the serpent, yet innocent as doves.
They want more production and they want it cheaper. But no matter what happens, the creative idea will be perpetuated by somebody who comes up with a vision. I don't care if there are three CEOs - it takes one guy with an idea.
The woman who led [downed airmen] was named Andrée De Jongh and her story - one of heroism and peril and astounding courage - became the inspiration for my novel.
Hope! fortune's cheating lottery; when for one prize an hundred blanks there be!