I'll always want him. Until every sun goes dark in every sky, until I am nothing more than long-forgotten cosmic dust, I will want him. And even then I suspect my particles will long for his.

Realistically, it's a risk, I suppose, but in this day and age, you almost have to choose between freedom, which can devolve into chaos, and security, which can become a pair of shackles.

So why should we focus mainly on the life and teachings of Jesus? One main simple truth: because He stands in the “center” for us.

Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends.

Contentment can only be found in not envying others or comparing yourself to them but in being satisfied with what you have.

Alan Menken, for example, is one of my heroes for all of the music he's written for Disney.

Few women and fewer men have enough character to be idle.

Marking a book is literally an experience of your differences or agreements with the author. It is the highest respect you can pay him.

Certainly my films are cinematically unusual, and quite contemplative in their pacing compared to conventional films, but I think overall they are quite engaging, accessible, and even funny.

I think you miss out on a lot of stuff when you're so protected and isolated.

This is one of my big things of creative pursuits. You have your idea you want to do, but then you got to figure out what does this thing want to be? You got to let it lead you a little.

Modern war and modern civilisation are utterly incompatible...one or the other must go.