Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent.

The greatest art in the world is the art of storytelling.

The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly.

After more than sixty years of almost daily reading of the Bible, I never fail to find it always new and marvelously in tune with the changing needs of every day.

Give me any two pages of the Bible and I'll give you a picture.

Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back.

The Bible has been a bestseller for centuries. Why should I let two thousand years of publicity go to waste?

A dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit.

I make my pictures for people, not for critics.

The Ten Commandments are the charter and guide of human liberty, for there can be no liberty without the law.

It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.

Just breathe and believe.

We have too quickly bought into the lie that we’ll be happier with more—and as a result, too often miss the joy that comes from owning less.

The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.

I think that any story that intends on being culturally authentic and true to life experiences will be a great story. Even if that culture isn't a hip-hop-centric one.

Brothers are a blessing for one thing. There is no possibility of any young lady getting unreasonably conceited if she be endowed with them.

The rhythms of nature - the sounds of wind and water, the sounds of birds and insects - must inevitably find their analogues in music.

Yesterday, today was tomorrow. And tomorrow, today will be yesterday.

Without imagination, nothing is dangerous.

I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it.