By manipulating what you hear and how you hear it - and what other things you don't hear - you can not only help tell the story, you can help the audience get into the mind of the character.

Looking at a first assembly is kind of like looking at an overgrown garden. You can't just wade in with a weed whacker; you don't yet know where the stems of the flowers are.

The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.

Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does.

Every film is a puzzle really, from an editorial point of view.

This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get along with people and tuning yourself in to the delicacy of the situation.

Writing is a process of discovery of what you really do know. You can't limit yourself in advance to what you know, because you don't know everything you know.

When I'm actually assembling a scene, I assemble it as a silent movie. Even if it's a dialog scene, I lip read what people are saying.

The word processor is a better tool than a quill pen because you can do so much more with it, but on the other hand, what you have to say and how you say it is the ultimate determination.

The trouble is that not enough people have come together with the firm determination to live the things which they say they believe.

You have to see through one's faults before you see their need.

In the modern technoindustrial culture, it is possible to proceed from infancy into senility without ever knowing manhood.

Trying and getting hurt can't possibly be worse for you than being... stuck.

It's like church over here. It's like church in here. First of all, give an honor to God and our Lord and Savior Barack Obama.

Cherish all your happy moments.

Our works do not generate righteousness, rather our righteousness in Christ generates works.

It's boring to play the girl role!

Giger’s work disturbs us, spooks us, because of its enormous evolutionary time span. It shows us, all too clearly, where we come from and where we are going.

I was a tomboy and didn't pay too much attention to my clothes.