"Change in all things is sweet."

“To be a great artist, you have to be willing to take risks and to do things that no one would ever pay you for - at first.”

Source : " How Do You Make a Living as an Independent Filmmaker? It’s Not Easy" by Paula Bernstein, www.indiewire.com. December 16, 2014.

“Everyone goes "every comedian does Arnold Schwarzenegger". Yes, they do; but do they do Arnold Schwarzenegger in Brokeback Mountain?”

Source : Source: rocksucker.co.uk

“To be world champion brings fame. The fame brings good things and bad things too. I try to take the good with calmness.”

“Maybe we were all destined to just keep doing the same stupid things, over and over again, never really learning a single thing.”

“My mother's a pretty warm, open person.”

Source : "SUNDANCE FUTURES | “Pariah” Actress Adepero Oduye". Interview with Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. January 24, 2011.

“A boy's story is the best that is ever told.”

“Everyone, some sooner than others, must endure his or her own personal 'hell on earth.' It is important to keep searching for the small joys, although they are often the most elusive. Trust that these joys will appear, sometimes unexpectedly, and often in life's darkest moments.”

“Reason is in fact the path to faith, and faith takes over when reason can say no more.”