Saying that all documentaries are the same is like saying all foreign films are the same.

It makes it difficult to decide which to go see, since no film about say, some tragic genocide in Africa is going to get a bad review even if it's poorly made.

Because I found myself telling the story of his family to people without the visual aids that I was able to employ by filming them eventually. But I very much knew exactly what I was going to do.

Dialogue that's distinctive, funny, peculiar, and specific is the main thing that makes me want to get involved with a film to begin with.

Certain types of films will never test well. My films never seem to test well.

I try to make the set as relaxed and fun and stress-free as humanly possible, while still having control over things. It's usually tension that hurts a performance or makes it seem self-conscious.

I never saw a department store Santa as a kid. My mother was afraid to take me.

I was inspired to do anything I could to get out of what I was doing... today, I'm motivated to pay the bills.

The last Christmas movie I really liked was 'It's a Wonderful Life, ' probably. It's sort of a schmaltzy movie, but it's not without its dark moments. It still gets to me every year.

There's something quite special about a granny's house. Even if ten or twenty or thirty years go by, you never forget how it smells.

Your world is nothing but a reflection of your mind.

...all "months" work together for the good of those who love the Lord! ...all the days of this month will work together for your goodness!

There is no problem outside of you that is superior to the power within you.

To age truly was to suffer the ultimate treason, that of one's body against oneself.

The European family may well be anything but perfect.

I was a huge bookworm as a kid, and you could usually find me reading something with a dragon on its cover.

It is our duty to select the best and most dependable theory that human intelligence can supply, and use it as a raft to ride the seas of life.

A belt does nothing but hold your gi together. A belt has assigned significance, a belt is someone else saying you're good, you don't need other people saying that you're good in order to be good.

This world, where much is to be done and little to be known.