If a movie isn't released, it's one thing, but if you know it will be, it's nice to have closure and see it come out.

Even if you try to copy a film shot by shot, you still can't. It's still your own film.

I used to take photographs just to remember people.

For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad.

I was once a shameless, full-time dope fiend.

Now the music industry is sort of like a Craigslist venture, right? Where you're making your own records and selling them online.

I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before.

The area of teenage life is not necessarily rarefied; we've all gone through that period. It's not as rarefied as a western or a space adventure or a gangster film, but it has its own dynamic.

Sometimes getting upset with yourself is necessary when you face the truth.

Modern-day cinema takes the form of a sermon. You don't get to think, you only get to receive information.

I have my ideas of what a good documentary is, but drama is a different animal because you're arranging everything.

Love: the great connector. Stay Connected

God is more concerned about the attitude of our hearts than the way we express it. Worship isn’t supposed to be entertainment.

Lead by Example, not by showing samples

Don't give up your life because balance is important, but when you're young you have energy, use it!

She learned her hands in a fairy-tale, And her mouth on a valentine.

A group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men.

I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death.

Universities in general and my university in particular really has to reach out and find ways to engage more with a broader array of ideas and political thought.

Once you accept the power of spine in the creative act, you will become much more efficient in your creativity. You will still get lost on occasion, but having a spine will anchor you.

We shall have to begin all over again. [Taft hoped that] the Senators might change their minds, or that the people might change the Senate; instead of which they changed me.