"I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization of the world."

-- Peter Jennings

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“I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in my films - although I think they do have plots - but the plot is not of primary importance to me, the characters are.”

Source : Guardian interviews at the BFI, www.theguardian.com. 15 November, 1999.
“I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance.”
“I have a rule, and that is that I don't take on any project that I don't A) already know and love or B) believe I could get to know and love. Some of the most fun projects have come from franchises I knew nothing about initially. I would steep myself in the material, get all excited and geeky about it, then be able to produce something that hopefully both the creators and the fans would enjoy.”

Source : Source: www.geekscape.net
“If a man who canâ€™t count finds a four leaf clover, is he lucky?”
“I'm someone who has a singular goal in making films; I want to tell a story. There are certain stories that I want to tell. Hollywood's never really been the ultimate goal for me.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The Negro. The South. These are details. The real story is the universal one of men who destroy the souls of other men (and in the process destroy themselves) for reasons neither really understands. It is the story of the persecuted, the defrauded, the feared, and detested. I could have been a Jew in Germany, a Mexican in a number of states, or a member of any 'inferior' group. Only the details would have differed. The story would be the same.”

Source : "Black Like Me: The Definitive Griffin Estate Edition".
“This is our lives. The way to give it dignity is to tell the truth.”
“Riches seem to come to the poor in spirit, the poor in interest and joy. To put it straight - the very rich are a poor bunch of bastards”

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