I'm not one of those people who writes long soliloquies.

People who would go to an arthouse cinema and watch a Swedish movie and read subtitles... it's a small percentage.

I find that most of my scripts have a lot more scenes than most films, so the average movie might have 100 scenes, my average script has 300 scenes.

I have no problem with anyone being precise about small things.

For Christians . . . an unreflective faith is not possible if we take seriously the injunction to love God with the mind as well as the heart and soul.

Keep taking new paths to expand your horizon.

To make a real independent film where the filmmaker is in charge creatively, one must sacrifice personal, financial, and physical well-being.

Don’t embrace mediocrity

I had a dream about you. I know, I know, I have never met you, but I’m pretty sure I had a dream about you. I had a dream about someone I didn’t know, so it may as well be you.

More divorces start in the bedroom than in any other room in the house.

The first thing I notice about a girl, is her hands. I like girls with nice hands. ... And she must be spontaneous as well.

There may yet be another Watergate book. I have thought a book about the aftermath of Watergate and its impact could be done, perhaps by me or someone else.

Simplicity is the intention, purity in the affection; simplicity turns to God, purity unites with and enjoys him.

I have a much greater ambition to be the best racket player than the best prose writer.