Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests - not on a comprehension of the material and its application to your life.
I mean, I'm very serious with my kids about them comprehending the intricacies of global finance.
Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.
Money and success don't change people they merely amplify what is already there.
If you're not making someone else's life better, then you're wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better.
If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%.
The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school.
Danger is real, fear is a choice
I have a great time with my life, and I wanna share it.
Don't let success go to your heads and don't let failure into your hearts.
When you create art, the world has to wait.
I wanna say something that I want you to remember for the rest of your life, OK? I want you to listen closely. I'm giving you a key to life right now, this is the key to life. The key to life, the key...
And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working.
I think with movies I am really connecting to the Joseph Campbell idea of the collective unconscious.
I know how to learn anything I want to learn. I absolutely know that I could learn how to fly the space shuttle because someone else knows how to fly it, and they put it in a book. Give me the book, a...
There's no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A.
Love is the ultimate theme, but it's not just for women.
I try to speak my points of view about black America, and how I feel about black men and the role that black men should play in their lives with their children and in their lives with their women.
Don't chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard. The right people - the ones who really belong in your life - will come to your. And stay.
I love producing. I am loving doing that. I think that is my most natural space in the business. I just love producing or editing and that's where I thrive.