You have to do what you fear, otherwise fear is in charge..

Tony Kaye is great with that kind of stuff. Up until American History X, he had only done commercials..

You get the job done or you don't..

The thing that we at MIT must understand is the amount of real damage that is being done to us in the fine structure of how research funds are expend….

If I had stayed in Hollywood, I would have killed myself. Or someone would have done it for me..

He who helps destroy the boll-weevil has done as constructive work as he who plants the seed..

She [Eleanor Roosevelt]wants a life of her own. Her grandmother could have been a painter. Her grandmother could have done so much more than she did ….

I'm pretty confident..

I am open to everything..

As a director, I know everybody's job, and I know how to do it. I can smell bullshit when someone's telling me it can't be done, because I've seen it….

You can choose not to be interested in politics, but you can’t choose to be unaffected by it.

There's a need to keep the history of an artform going, parallel with the new work that's being done..

It is indeed possible for those who have the will, courage and faith..

Disney is a huge presence when it comes to fairy tales because he’s made of them such brilliant artifacts in terms of movie-making. But it’s very har….

Words have meaning. And their meaning doesn't change..

I don't live to work; I work to live..

Flying the Feathered Edge captures my life story in an authentic and accurate way. I don't know how it could have been done any better..

We all have the right to be wrong and be loved just the same..

I love to sing, so I just figured that I was going to sing or something..

There are worse things than being constantly hired to do anything..

You are either going forward or you are not..