"Giving someone their style or bumping up their sense of style to be a better version of what it is, is part of the fun of what I do, and I actually approached Al Sharpton. They didn't come to me."

“That is what we do. That is what people do. They stay alive for each other.”

“I hate men who are afraid of women's strength.”

“We all think there is a formula, (but) as long as we love our children, that's really the only solid thing I know that works across the board.”

“Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that you don'tin your endurance of fatigue and privation. always be tactful and well-mannered and teach your subordinates to do the same. Avoid excessive sharpness or harshness of voice, which usually indicates the man who has shortcomings of his own to hide.”

Source : "Quotations for Martial Artists: Hundreds of Inspirational Quotes to Motivate and Enlighten the Modern Warrior". Book by John Moore, p. 46, 2003.

“Modern-day cinema takes the form of a sermon. You don't get to think, you only get to receive information.”

Source : "All the world's an art school" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. January 24, 2004.

“Teenagers complain there's nothing to do, then stay out all night doing it.”

“I hope my daughter knows that in our house we can make messes and have fun and we'll laugh through it. Granted I don't want her to trash the house, but we do make a lot of messes.”

“Nothing is sillier than this charge of plagiarism. There is no sixth commandment in art. The poet dare help himself wherever he lists, wherever he finds material suited to his work. He may even appropriate entire columns with their carved capitals, if the temple he thus supports be a beautiful one. Goethe understood this very well, and so did Shakespeare before him.”