"I always envisioned myself being a rapper and being in the game and having success, but you never know what it feels like or how you're going to be when you're there."

"My dad has been a big influence on me, because he's always had his own business. He really taught me business sense and how to be a focused individual, but also how to have fun and make everyone around you have fun."

"You don't have to be a certain thing to be cool. If you're white, you don't have to act black or whatever. Just be you and know who you are."

"People connect with me just as a cool, around-the-way type of guy."

"To put down an ideogram of a table so that people will recognize it as a table is not the work of a painter, but to sense it for a moment as a magic carpet with a leg hanging down at each corner is the beginning of a painter's imagination."

"Working with HBO was an opportunity to experience creative freedom and 'long-form development' that filmmakers didn't have a chance to do before the emergence of shows like 'The Sopranos.'"

"It is a timeless truth that an idea is a delicate seed; water it with curiosity and protect it from cynicism — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person."