There are movies that change the whole way in which films are made, like Klute, where Gordon Willis’s photography on the film is so textured, and, they said, too dark.

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

As a child I had terrible asthma.

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

I love movies - it's my whole life, and that's it.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.

Always stay open to surprise.

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.

Repent means to renounce sin . . .and by God’s grace to fill my mind with things that honor Him.

…My eyes were wet, tears waiting to drop from my eyes and heart started to sob. The words from Jiya pushed me on my back foot…”Source: 'The Unpredictable Heart - You may be a Victim

Praise makes me humble, but when I am abused, I know that I have touched the stars.

Peace is not only better than war but infinitely more arduous.

Things are not as bad as they seem. They are worse.

Producing good stuff can be quite tough, and it involves a lot of frustration, but I always like things to be jolly and happy, and I forget thats actually not the point at the end of the day.

I've never seen an orange with the label Castle on it made of glass.

There is nothing I want but your Presence. In friendship, time dissolves.

You need someone to love you while you are looking for someone to love.

One of the things that drives me crazy is the belief in Hollywood that bittorrent exists solely for stealing things.