I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.

I'm going to quit writing.

Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no.

We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection.

History passes the final judgment

Generally, I tend to despise human behaviour rather than human creatures.

I cannot be understood in three minutes.

I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me.

But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.

So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether.

If you apologize because you are afraid, then you are a child not a man.

I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. It was so blatant... I had never been so described as Florida described me.

Every new fashion is a form of rebellion.

I" ve learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me.

Racism is very painful. That's life. It never ends.

I was a gift to my mother. She was a remarkable person. God or nature, or whatever those forces are, smiled on her, then passed me the best of her.

I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.

The older we get the less afraid we are.

Marriage is no way of life for the weak, the selfish, or the insecure.