For me, The Kite Runner became about a guy who’s emotionally shut down because he hasn’t confronted his past.

If there's a God out there, then i would hope he has more important things to attend to than my drinking scotch or eating pork.

I think directing is part play, part work, not just all work, because I think you always have to play. I think that's ultimately why I got into making movies, is because I love to play.

What I'm passionate about is telling stories which mean something to me.

One of the main reasons I wanted to work on 'World War Z' was because I'm a huge fan of the book, and I love the idea of taking a non-linear story and creating a three-act structure out of it.

Three days after my brother died, my father was in the hospital. He just did not want to live anymore. Before, he was fighting and loving life.

I realized that a lot of the great directors that I admire from [Ingmar] Bergman to [Fredrico] Fellini re always shooting, then going into the editing room, and shooting again.

I always wanted to do an action movie, not particularly Bond.

I think people, unfortunately, do live in constant fear.

I always try to stay objective, and to remove myself from the process and look at the film again.

Some of the greatest directors never got an Oscar, like Kubrick, or Hitchcock. For me, personally, I think the body of work is more important than winning an Oscar.

It's--my God--like you stretched a tarp across a stadium to turn it into a giant tom-tom and crashed a 747 into it.

The degree to which a person can grow is directly proportional to the amount of truth he can accept about himself without running away.

The fire of revival that destroys all principalities and powers also defeats and demolishes the oppressor – the devil

As he stretched out his legs, Siraj let out a deep sigh and smiled. I wonder what Prince Bahir’s blonde surprise will be wearing. I'm guessing it won't be a habiya.

The only reason I'm able to do music is because I'm making money on 'Community.' If I wasn't, I couldn't pay for things.

[W]ords are fine, but it has to be what a generation reads into those words.

Never interfere with an enemy in the process of destroying himself.

So mothers everywhere take heart. The indoctrination you administer now may have unanticipated positive effects years later.

There is nothing outside of yourself, look within. Everything you want is there. You are That.

I'm the anti indie-rocker. My stuff isn't ironic.