Our lives have a countdown clock that we can't see. Mine reminds me to only do work that matters.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?

There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Every victory contains the germ of future defeat.

Whether people watch Doctor Who or not over here, everybody knows about it. It's a British icon, it's so part of the nation.

Managing a league club is like making love to a mermaid... you should always be aiming for a top half finish

Journalistic content is a technical complex expressly intended to adapt man to the machine.

The great thing, as a screenwriter, is that you are always proud of what ends up on the screen, you are able to create something in isolation and you have a lot of freedom.

Of all the projects I've worked on, I've never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he's a genius.

In all countries with a settled bureaucracy people used to say: The cabinets come and go, but the bureaus remain.

My mother really wanted me to be in possibly a beauty pageant, not only for if I could win, but it helped improve my self-image because of trauma in my childhood and other issues.