Quotes About Integrity

You got some artists who want street credit. Like, they market street credit. They take certain incidents and turn it into marketing to try and boost the sales. You don't never see me speaking on that. I'm trying to stay away from it.

I feel bad to keep someone hanging. So if I'm not inclined to do a film, I am forthright about my decision.

To just be all analytically inclined or heartbeat inclined, you are going to lose; you are not going to be the best version of yourself.

There's an ethical dimension to my life and all of our lives, from the time we get up in the morning to the time we sleep, including what we sleep on. So I don't separate my choices from ethical choices at any time.

The best defence against mafia business is full declaration of assets and incomes.

There are some writers who don't write about people who do jobs. I'm not going to name them, but you watch one of their films, or you read one of their books, and you think, 'What job do they do?' They seem to have a nice house and a nice income. How have they got it?

I'm a real guy. I'm not money-laundering. I make money off music, and music is my source of income. It feels good. I'm not selling T-shirts, I'm not doing none of that other crap. Straight music.

Government by blackmail is incompatible with democracy.

Fitness is just like marriage: you cannot cheat on it and think it would benefit you. People need to incorporate it as part of their daily life.

I get angry when I think that people are blatantly incorrect on matters of fact.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

We are not willing to compromise our values in order to increase our market share.

I was increasingly disappointed in how so many of the members here of the media do their job or, rather, don't do their job: the bias at which they come from it at.

One cannot fashion a credible deterrent out of an incredible action.

I take jobs with people I admire, people with incredible talent who aren't necessarily big sellers.

I wanted to do well for me and for Maura. It is bigger than me. I have a responsibility. It's incumbent upon me to do Maura the best I can.

If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.

To expose a first draft to anyone's ears other than your own is indecent.

I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence.

An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.

Think independently and put the country first.

The great thing I think when you do independents is that people are really there for the same reason. They're not there because they got a lot of money and they want to just go home and get it over with. They're there because they believe in the script or the director or the cast or whatever it is, and they want to make it work.

I'd never do a film that would hurt anyone's sentiments, be it Indian or not.

SAY NO AND WALK AWAY Staying focused is essential for getting projects done. Saying no is essential for staying focused. At the outset, will the project have the people and funds, including contingencies, needed to succeed? If not, walk away. Does an action contribute to achieving the goal in the box on the right? If not, skip it. Say no to monuments. No to untested technology. No to lawsuits. And so on. This can be difficult, particularly if your organization embraces a bias for action.