“If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them.”

“I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would bring the nation to the apex - where it has stood before - and lead the world.”

“I hope I'm in a position to make stuff that I really want to make as opposed to stuff that I just have to make for money reasons, or to sustain a certain marquee value.”

“Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.”

“I am proud, and more than a little excited, to be asked to work with Faber in an editorial capacity. It is my dearest hope that we will produce some fantastic books together.”

“Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.”

“What I hope is in five years' time, I can go to the British people in the election and say: Lots of you doubted that coalition politics worked, but it has worked.”

“You cannot set art off in a corner and hope for it to have vitality, reality, and substance.”

“When you're young, you want to make every kind of film: musicals, Westerns, horror. Slowly you begin to hear your own voice. I hope people receive what I do as small, personal films that are somewhat contrarian about their main characters.”