A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.
An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.
As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.
But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.
But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.
Far as I can tell, I still have most of my hair, my gut is not hanging over my belt, and I still have all of my teeth.
Generally, I tend to despise human behavior rather than human creatures.
History passes the final judgment.
I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before.
I cannot be understood in three minutes.
I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be.
I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida.
I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. It was so blatant... I had never been so described as Florida described me.
I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.
I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me.
My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.
My autobiography was simply the story of my life.
Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.
Jackie Robinson is a true legend.
In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.
In America, it is difficult to be your own man.
If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't.
If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.
I'm not a library.
I'm going to quit writing.
I'll always be chasing you... Glory.
I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.
I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.
I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.
I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.
