The arts tend to be more liberal. There tends to be more social relevance in the arts.

Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the good, the bad, and the ugly.

With a purposeful story, you can change a "wanna be" to a "gonna be" to a "be".

Truth is a point of view, but authenticity can't be faked.

Language is a more recent technology. Your body language, your eyes, your energy will come through to your audience before you even start speaking.

Stories aren't the icing on the cake; they are the cake!

In any situation that calls for you to persuade, convince or manage someone or a group of people to do something, the ability to tell a purposeful story will be your secret sauce.

Good storytelling is harder than it sounds, but the easy part is that everyone has the ability to do it. ...Tap into it.

Nothing replaces being in the same room, face to face, breathing the same air and reading and feeling each other's micro-expressions.

People love to be swept off their feet, to go into an environment where they've never been, to experience things they only dream about. And filmmaking offers that potential.

When you want to move somebody, you have to say to yourself: 'I'm in the emotional transportation business. I gotta move them, emotionally.

God will only push you off a cliff if He's going to give you wings to fly.

Give up wanting to deserve any thanks from anyone, or thinking anybody can be grateful.

It is a blessing to have pretty people around me. I like people who are sparky, positive. Evil, dark people are repelled by me: Oooh no! Too much sunlight.

Can anything harm us, mother, after the night-lights are lit?" Nothing, precious," she said; "they are the eyes a mother leaves behind her to guard her children.

Servile labour disappeared because it could not stand the competition of free labour; its un-profitability sealed its doom in the market economy.

Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent.

I would never say don't do acting [to my kids], because I think it is a glorious profession and I am so thankful for everything it has let me express.

One of the learning curves I'm not going to have is being a head coach.

Our small acts of faith and service are how most of us can continue in God and eventually bring eternal light and glory to our family, our friends, and our associates.

Once created, federal programs are nearly impossible to eliminate.