The thing about Hitchcock is that, however much one dissects him, he still manages to hang onto his mystery. You can never quite get to the bottom of him.

I'm not interested in doing a simple, straightforward action movie, unless they want to pay me lots of money.

My philosophy is always, "Let's get the spirit of the character." If people believe in it and the spirit of it, then it will work.

If you try to do a look-alike and an impersonation, then that's just not conducive to good drama.

As a director you want to show the truth of people and sometimes that's unflattering, or it's not something that people want to see.

I'm looking for richness, complexity, and characters that have different layers and that you don't really get bored of.

There's so much energy that's needed, for every stage of the process, so I don't want to do something that I'm bored by with characters that I don't like or actors that aren't going to surprise you.

They say what doesn't kill the soul will make you stronger, but you can't be a stone-hearted man.

The fact is, you don't love me, and you haven't destroyed me. You don't have what it takes to do that.

Man can find no better retreat from the world than art, and man can find no stronger link with the world than art.

One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.

Curious, how one remembered Christmas. Perhaps because other days might appeal to the head, but this one appealed to the heart.

The existence of God is infinite love itself.

Writing is a workout, just like going for a run!

Few Christians go into media or the arts today, or see it as a primary mission field or battlefield. But it is.

Between being 'right' and being kind, I know which way I vote.

Oh, Brignall banks are wild and fair, And Greta woods are green, And you may gather garlands there Would grace a summer's queen.