Structure is important in film, but there's often structure to be found in the most unlikely of places! It's quite possible to build a structured story and retain idiosyncrasy.

One does not simply walk into Mordor.

The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking.

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.

Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.

If you work at love, you will find love at work.

Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant.

Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it.

Actors will never be replaced. The thought that somehow a computer version of a character is going to be something people prefer to look at is a ludicrous idea.

Every film is a challenge. I always say that making a movie is like film school - you're always learning. But unlike most schools, you never get done with it. You never learn everything.

I think that's the job of a director really, to sort of funnel all the creativity into one centralized point of being.

The Westboro Baptist Church is no more a church than Church's Fried Chicken is a church.

Got anything to eat?" I asked."You know where the gas station is, " said my incredibly nurturing and maternal mother.

The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.

You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course.

I like to be the one in charge of everything.

The world is perishing from an orgy of self-sacrificing.

Paradoxical as it may seem, God means not only to make us good, but to make us also happy, by sickness, disaster and disappointment.

Every new source from which man has increased his power on earth has been used to diminish the prospects of his successors.

To improve short-term memory significantly, reduce the stress in your life. And choose your parents wisely.

There is something about her eyes. Eyes don't breathe. I know that much. But hers look breathless.