Sergio Leone was a big influence on me because of the spaghetti westerns.

And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my fingers upon thee!

When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'

My plan is to have a theatre in some small town or something and I'll be manager. Ill be the crazy old movie guy.

Just because I was at an anti-police brutality protest, doesn't mean I'm anti-police. We want justice, but stop shooting unarmed people.

If you want to make a movie, make it. Don't wait for a grant, don't wait for the perfect circumstances, just make it.

Don't write what you think people want to read. Find your voice and write about what's in your heart.

In real life there are no bad guys. Everybody just has their own perspective.

Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.

If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.

Hamburgers! The corner-stone of any nutritious breakfast.

The victimization of children is nowhere forbidden

That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?

I counted them all out and I counted them all back.

I woke up and was walking on a mountain, and I thought, "What's the worst thing that humans could do to the planet? Make it uninhabitable for humans and kill wildlife."

Real Christians do not carry their religion, their religion carries them. It is not weight, it is wings.

Young writers need to be encouraged to write - just write - with no restrictions on form, style or content.

I am the result of the good choices I've made and the bad choices.

It's so important and easy to be a kid at heart.

Music first and last should sound well, should allure and enchant the ear. Never mind the inner significance.

Skepticism is the highest duty and blind faith the one unpardonable sin.