Quotes About Author

Youth sports helped shape me in a lot of different ways.

It it weren't for HBCUs, 'A Different World' wouldn't exist.

The script is very good because the things that happen in it are very believable to me. It doesn't presuppose that the world has changed very much. You don't have to think that you're in a different world.

The art industry is a totally different world, and to be appreciated in that different world is what matters to me.

I approach any collaboration I do differently.

All of us wish for a dignity that commands respect. But few have it.

Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.

I respect Rush Limbaugh; he is a national conservative leader, and in no way do I want to diminish his voice.

I've seen shows that start to go down the path of fan service, and it really diminishes the quality.

Two of my favorite movies of all time are 'Aliens' and 'Diner.'

I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.

Writing is always personal in some way but not always in a direct way.

I'm very happy to be directing though. It's a challenge, and it's a lot of fun for me to be on set.

I can't imagine directing from someone else's script.

I enjoyed directing, and I really found that it was a great new field to try my hand in.

I think, obviously, everyone has a lot of favorite movies, but I really for some reason just love Quentin Tarantino's writing and directing style.

I started writing screenplays myself and eventually directing.

I did a good bit of episodic television directing, but directing a movie is so much more complicated.

I haven't directed a film since 'Appaloosa,' and I've been looking for something because I love the directing thing.

I'd said no to directing 'Snowtown' a few times and was quite scared of it, but I saw a story there that was worth telling.

That's what interests me about film: directing.

I love directing as I've got such a fantastic, a creative mind.

Coming out of 'Shrill,' depending on who's directing, they'll let you ad lib sometimes, you can pitch ideas if you have them.

I think I told my parents I wanted to be a writer, just so they'd kind of think I had some direction in life. It made it easier to pick out classes at college, like, 'Oh, this is writing classes, that's what I'm doing.'