It comes in pints?

One does not simply walk into Mordor.

The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking.

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.

Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.

If you work at love, you will find love at work.

Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant.

Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it.

Actors will never be replaced. The thought that somehow a computer version of a character is going to be something people prefer to look at is a ludicrous idea.

Every film is a challenge. I always say that making a movie is like film school - you're always learning. But unlike most schools, you never get done with it. You never learn everything.

I think that's the job of a director really, to sort of funnel all the creativity into one centralized point of being.

Big ideas are so hard to recognize so fragile so easy to kill. Don't forget that all of you who don't have them.

Beware of desp'rate steps the darkest day lived till tomorrow will have pass'd away.

If people keep buying poorly designed products, manufacturers and designers will think they are doing the right thing and continue as usual.

Mexico will not be taking advantage of us. They will not be having open borders.

At any age it does us no harm to look over our past shortcomings and plan to improve our characters and actions in the coming year.

I suspect that even today, with all the progress we have made in liberal thought, the quality of true tolerance is as rare as the quality of mercy.

Words are living things. They have personality, point of view... agenda.

To a database person, every nail looks like a thumb. Or something like that.

Hon, when someone's a true friend, there's no need to miss 'em." She patted her chest. "'Cause they're always right here.

Success is nearest to those whose efforts are intense and sincere.