I used to be a die-hard defender of physical film, which I still am. I love shooting on physical film and I think it's great.

Evil is a really tough concept for me. The idea of a villain that is bad for bad's sake seems kind of absurd.

I was writing from the time I was 12 years old, but I originally wanted to be a novelist.

Success is never bad in Hollywood. It is what you do with success that will dog you.

Directing my own writing, I see that I talk way too much, and everything can happen much sooner, with much less said about it.

While I was a voracious movie-goer as a boy, I never put writing and films together in my mind.

My films do very well on home video.

Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films.

To me, the ultimate crime in an adaptation is the crime of reverence. A novel is one form of media, a screenplay is another, and a movie is yet another. There's even reverence to a screenplay.

Action to me is something very fun to shoot.

I love films like Deliverance where you can watch it over and over again and decode all of its many different meanings.

Ah! the clock is always slow it is later than you think.

To see, in some measure, like God. His love and His knowledge are not distinct from one another, not from Him. We could almost say He sees because He loves, and therefore loves although He sees.

A father's holy life is a rich legacy for his sons.

The best of men cannot suspend their fate; The good die early, and the bad die late.

On Being Old. It's not nice but take comfort that you won't stay that way for ever.

Blessed are those with a voice.

I'll put into words my experience as it is unfolding now in my life... in such a way that I might find comfort in knowing that someone else has the same thoughts and experiences.

My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.

Put your trust in Him and following His example, always act humbly, graciously, and in good faith.

Try to meet as many authors, agents, and editors as you can.