Humans love truth and justice, and rejoice in ceremonies that honor those qualities. For that sentiment we should indeed thank God.

Everybody has something that chews them up and, for me, that thing was always loneliness. The cinema has the power to make you not feel lonely, even when you are.

Walk by faith! Stop the plague of worry. Relax! Learn to say, "Lord, this is Your battle."

Ambition and thirst for power have a part but greed and greed alone is the reason for a man wanting to swell his ward.

The moon is so beautiful. It's a big silver dollar, flipped by God. And it landed scarred side up, see? So He made the world.

If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong.

Everything can be killed except nostalgia for the kingdom, we carry it in the color of our eyes, in every love affair, in everything that deeply torments and unties and tricks.

I have made my world and it is a much better world than I ever saw outside.

You are heaven's Halley's comet; we have one shot at seeing you shine.

I lie a lot - it's really useful.

The actor's role in the community is quite unlike anyone else's. Businessmen, for example, don't take their clothes off or cry in front of strangers in the course of their work. Actors do.