Quotes About Progress

Though 'Fat City' was written long before cellphones or the Internet, its human apparatus is state of the art.

Austerity need not be Europe's fate.

I just took it one step at a time and let fate determine my destiny.

White America's live under this accusation that they're racist, they need to prove that they're not racist. In order to prove that you're not racist, you need to take over the fate of black people and say, go with us, we'll engineer you into the future, we'll engineer you into equality.

Father Time catches up with us all.

To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

I learned from my mistakes; I was able to accept the things that were my fault and to be able to grow from that. You have to be able to see growth from your experiences, and I've done that.

If things aren't going well it's not just the coach's fault, the players can do things better too.

I can look at every one of my faults, see they're there, and go out and try to improve on it.

See failures as learning experiences, not character faults.

If you can't admit your faults how can you ever grow?

Criticism is good because it helps finding the faults in me.

I always tend to favor the newer idea.

I think technology is changing and growing, and the best approach to have is to be self-aware and aware of what's going on around you and also have some idea of who you are and how to make that ever-changing climate work in your favor.

I'm not in favor of manned spaceflight, because I don't see that it goes anywhere.

As a developing country, China needs a favorable neighbouring and international environment for its modernisation.

Dynamic change is always my favorite thing. As soon as I feel like I'm doing all of the same stuff over and over again, I'm bored and sad.

I've always loved watching movies and pageants. As I grew up, my dreams turned into goals and I started working towards that direction. I took one step at a time and luckily, things worked out in my favour.

Change is one of my favourite words.

The second series is always my favourite as a writer/director; you can hit the ground running... so that's fun.

As we've grown as a country, we've allowed our fears and our doubts and our questions about things that we don't know to become more divisive than uniting us as a country, as a people.

Everyone fears change. But what you'll find is that change breeds your most important accomplishments.

Do you know what I'm working on now? My first feature as a director.

I think everything you do, whether it's low budget things when you're first starting out or full feature films or when you're working with Hollywood, you're always learning, all the time.