Producing is making films without having to work sometimes. It's still making films, but it's a different job.
So what if you fail? At least you'll know what not to do when you try again.
Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do. . . but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.
I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.
My motto is: I'm alive, so that means I can do anything.
Just believe in yourself. Even if you don't, pretend that you do and, at some point, you will.
If I cared deeply about what people thought of me, I probably would have never made it out of Compton, California.
I have to have a character worth caring about. I tend not to start writing books about people I don't have a lot of sympathy for because I'm just going to be with them too long.
I think we had made some tremendous progress in the six months before I left.
God never can use any man very much till he has grace enough to forget himself entirely while doing God's work; for He will not give His glory to another nor share with the most valued instrument the praise that belongs to Jesus Christ alone.
Ironically, I like working with people.