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.

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

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.

Music and film are inseparable. They always have been and always will be.

I believe a leader is inspired by his/her team to lead them.

Those who never confront obstacles live with delays and postponements

The range of variation in the female far exceeds the range of variation in the male.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature .

Software work is the most complex that humanity has ever undertaken.

Britain wants the single currency to be a success. It is massively in our interests that we have a stable financial system on our doorstep.

Aesthetes never do anything but what they are told.

When we have peace in our hearts and minds, we draw peace into our lives.

The primary reason we lose faith is because we forget the faithfulness of God. Maybe that's why the word 'remember' is repeated 250 times in Scripture.

I just kind of have a comedic looking body, I guess. If anything I really have to exercise just to not look too fudgy, otherwise I would just keep going and going.