I'm trying to find out what the hell we - who we are.

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

As a child I had terrible asthma.

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

I love movies - it's my whole life, and that's it.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.

Always stay open to surprise.

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.

The sad truth is, we are all grown ups and most of us arematured.However, not all of us are old enough toaccept that loving someone doesn'tguarantee you that they will love you inreturn.

A philosophy untouched by the shadows on the wall can only yield a sterile utopia.

If two very different people pool their DNA, they'll create more genetic variety, and their young will come to the job of parenting with a wider array of skills.

If the loss of your fortune gains Christ for you, it will be a beautiful loss.

So much of contemporary liberalism seems to be never having grown up.

There’s a difference between listening passively and listening aggressively. To listen with your heart, you have to listen actively.

We're seeing the fulfillment of the Book of Judges here in our own time - every man doing that which is right in his own eyes.

Obama hasn't been working to earn reelection, he's been working to earn a spot on the PGA tour!

What is true belongs to me!

Using the stratagem of defining character by what changes and what remains the same, the one constant always seems to be regret. We are defined by the objects of our regret.