One problem I have definitely solved is the problem of not having enough to worry about.

Instead of past, present and future, I'd prefer chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target

Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.

Please don't lie to me,unless,you're sure I'll never find out the truth.

The greatest obstacle to discovering the truth is being convinced that you already know it.

I want either less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.

I too have known joy and sadness, and, on the whole, I prefer joy.

I'll give up my bad habits as soon as equally satisfying good habits become available.

I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent.

Keep some souvenirs of your past, or how will you ever prove it wasn't all a dream?

Since the earliest days of our youth, we have been conditioned to accept that the direction of the herd, and authority anywhere — is always right.

To live more for God and others one must die more to self and sin.

I didn't know how bad I felt, until I felt good.

(The golden goose has died, my prince turned into a frog, the Kingdom is lost, everyone has turned into stone and I am locked in the tower)

Many times when you make a movie, it feels like your biggest mistake. But even if a film isn't a hit, you shouldn't view it as a mistake.

I've learned to surround myself with women who lift me up and leave me feeling nurtured rather than drained.

Skill is a function of chance. It’s an intuitive best-use of chance situations.

In the world there are believers and then there are non-believers. For all of you non-believers out there, I have something to say to you...never underestimate the heart of a champion.

You meet someone and it’s so much more than meeting them. It’s so much bigger and it’s like you’re enchanted by them.

When I was writing 'The Abstinence Teacher,' I really tried to immerse myself in contemporary American evangelical culture.