A lot of films come out before they're finished.

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

I love Amsterdam. The city is vibrant and alive. It's fresh and so open. It's definitely one of my favorite places.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

I have no interest in understanding sheep, only eating them.

The problem with religion, because it's been sheltered from criticism, is that it allows people to believe en masse what only idiots or lunatics could believe in isolation.

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

And be grateful. Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real.

Human emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors. Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesn't care to, or he doesn't exist. God is either impotent, evil, or imaginary. Take your pick, and choose wisely.

I just follow God's lead. One step, one day and one opportunity at a time. The hardest part is not becoming distracted.

All desires originate to seek betterment unconsciously. In awareness, the same desires dissolve into realization.

The sense of flowing, which is so crucial to song, is also crucial to poetry.

All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room.

On the lower budget pictures, you go overtime more, you're sort of scrambling for the shots and cobbling together more ideas at the end.

I played drums on Keith Carradine's first record.

Of course there is a monkey. There is always a monkey.

Morality is similar to religion - it is a somniferous drug which blinds people from seeing the squalor of their lives.

That's my takeaway from 'Scream' - I know I can fit in dog doors. You have to jimmy your body in a certain position and really hope you're not wearing something super fancy.

Since I was eight years old, I went to Trinity. I mean, I listened to Reverend Wright since I was a kid and I always heard him preach sermons of love and inspiration.