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I Learned To Hear Silence. That's The Kind Of Life I Lived: Simple. I Learned To See Things In People Around Me, In My Mom, Dad, Brothers And Sisters.

I Knew What It Was To Be Uncomfortable In A Movie Theater Watching Unfolding On The Screen Images Of Myself - Not Me, But Black People - That Were Uncomfortable.

My Father Was A Certain Kind Of Man - I Saw How He Treated My Mother And His Family And How He Treated Strangers. And I Vowed I Would Never Make A Film That Would Not Reflect Properly On My Father's Name.

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 Don't Very Often Read Novels.