"Once thoroughly our own knowledge ceases to give us pleasure."

“My films require that the spectator ask the big existential questions. If you're not interested of turning inwards for answers, my films won't fulfill their whole purpose.”

“A performer may be taken in by his own act, convinced at the moment that the impression of reality which he fosters is the one and only reality. In such cases we have a sense in which the performer comes to be his own audience; he comes to be performer and observer of the same show. Presumably he introcepts or incorporates the standards he attempts to maintain in the presence of others so that even in their absence his conscience requires him to act in a socially proper way.”

“What I love about African-African music is how unselfconscious it is in so many ways.”

“A woman in love with herself is magnetic.”

“I think some people would understand the quintessence of sanctifying grace if they could be black about twenty-four hours.”

Source : Amanda Smith (2014). “The Colored Evangelist - The Story Of The Lord's Dealings With Mrs. Amanda Smith”, p.120, Jazzybee Verlag

“To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.”

“I resisted the film business as long as I could, because of the big circus act and the amount of money that it costs to make films - I saw my father suffer through that.”

Source : "Danny Huston Does The Boogie Woogie". Interview with Aaron Hillis, www.ifc.com. April 21, 2010.

“What I sometimes mistake for ecstasy is simply the absence of grief.”