“Film is, to me, just unimportant. But people are very important.”

“Im very worried about the depiction of women on the screen. Its gotten worse than ever and its related to their being either high- or low-class concubines, and the only question is when or where th...”

“Ive never seen an exploding helicopter. Ive never seen anybody go and blow somebodys head off. So why should I make films about them? But I have seen people destroy themselves in the smallest way, ...”

“You can defeat fear through humor, through pain, through honesty, bravery, intuition, and through love in the truest sense.”

“I’ve never seen an exploding helicopter. I’ve never seen anybody go and blow somebody’s head off. So why should I make films about them? But I have seen people destroy themselves in the smallest wa...”

“I’m very worried about the depiction of women on the screen. It’s gotten worse than ever and it’s related to their being either high- or low-class concubines, and the only question is when or where...”

“There was only the dark infinity in which nothing was. And something happened. At the distance of a star something happened, and everything began. The Word did not come into being, but it was. It d...”

“The recipe for great work is: very exacting taste, plus the ability to gratify it.”

“Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, "Love your enemies." It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. ...”

“Is there magic in this world? Certainly! But it is not the kind of magic written about in fantasy stories. It is the kind of magic that comes from ideas and the hard work it often takes to make the...”

“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.”

“A culture of unaccountability is a culture without incentive, and a culture without incentive is the death of critical and creative thinking.”