Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

As a child I had terrible asthma.

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

I love movies - it's my whole life, and that's it.

Always stay open to surprise.

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.

Music and film are inseparable. They always have been and always will be.

The end is never the end. It's always the the beginning of something.

In the Envoy Corps, you take what is offered, Virginia Vidaura said, somewhere in the corridors of my memory. And that must sometimes be enough.

I don't want to judge, but I've also met women who think it's cool to be out or away from their baby, and I don't get that.

It is easier for me to have faith in the Bible than to have faith in D.L. Moody, for Moody has failed me lots of times.

It seems the misfortune of one can plow a deeper furrow in the heart than the misfortune of millions.

Basic research is very useful, but it should be more geared toward application than it was before.

Seeking happiness in material things is a sure way of being unhappy.

Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.

And good neighbors make a huge difference in the quality of life. I agree.

When we change the input into our minds, we change the output into our lives.