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

One does not simply walk into Mordor.

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

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.

Rivalry doesn't help anybody.

Out of all the things I do, I think being a mom is the most important and satisfying.

As for boredom ... I notice that it leaves me as soon as I am doing something that has got to be done.

The hardest thing about life is that every now and then you have to do things so you have something to tweet about.

I'm a firm believer in doing things that scare you.

You know, as attorney general, there's no issue more important than making sure you are safe, that your families are safe.

Truths are illlusions which we have forgotten are illusions.

Music should be healing. Music should uplift the soul. Music should inspire.

Supposing that originally there was nothing but one creator, how could ordinary binary sexual relations come into being?

In order for a man to feel whole, he needs someone to look up to and someone to look up to him.

I value my Catholic background very much. It taught me not to be afraid of rigorous thought, for one thing.