Quotes About Progress

I also feel that the only thing more gratifying than working with someone who you've worked well with is working with someone new and coming up with something great.

I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades.

As important as the presidency is, that's not the only thing to take a look at in determining the racial health of the United States.

The only thing that being killed off on 'Graceland' helped me with on 'Game of Thrones' is that it made me available to actually do the job.

'Saturday Night Live' will always be this amazing, powerful behemoth, but it's also not the only thing happening in comedy anymore.

I think it's important to make clear, you know, that the problem with American soccer... it isn't talent.

The problem with the NCAA - it's slow-moving.

The problem with technology, as with fashion, is that it's impossible to be 'in' forever.

The problem with prototypes is they don't always work.

The problem with hanging on to the '60s is that everyone thought they would go on forever.

The problem with existing biology is you change only one or two genes at a time.

That's the problem with our industry: patience. People want instant NBA stars, and that's not going to happen.

A film must have two elements - it must deal with the real world and show how it could be made better.

The real world is not in one direction.

To try to teach ignoring technology is to ignore the progress that we have made over the last century. If school is preparation for the real world - a real world that is increasingly technology-driven - then to ignore technology is to become obsolete.

I get satisfaction out of seeing stuff that makes real change in the real world. We need a lot more of that and a lot less abstract stuff.

When you're in school, every little mistake is a permanent crack in your windshield. But in the real world, if you're not swerving around and hitting the guard rails every now and then, you're not going fast enough. Your biggest risk isn't failing; it's getting too comfortable.

Those who want things always to stay the same are not living in the real world.

The faster you can get your ideas in contact with the real world, the faster you can discover what is broken with your idea.

I think all these pop cultural media often reflect conversations we're having in the real world at that moment in time. I think one of the big conversations we're having as a culture is we thought we'd solved sexism and racism, and we're realizing more and more that we haven't.

When all is said and done, you're either for investment and risk taking as a solution for what ails the economy, or you're against it. The real world offers no middle ground.

The idea of the gay experience, it feels like a relic. I felt like in the '90s when we were watching the gay characters on 'The Real World,' there was definitely a gay experience that was distinct from a straight experience. If you talk to high schoolers in 2017, I don't know that is as much a part of how they experience a social dynamic.

'She's Gotta Have It' and 'School Daze,' I really didn't know what I was doing. And the biggest indicator of that was the acting. 'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

Look back, to slavery, to suffrage, to integration and one thing is clear. Fashions in bigotry come and go. The right thing lasts.