We really did it write it for the story but once you get into production, once you start doing this process certain things will jump out at you. Some shots will be more 3-D than others.

Nic [Cage] is more than just a fantastic actor. He will get your movie made. The first thing that we did is that we went to producers and there were a lot of great producers.

I think that's coming just like anything else. I don't think that it's just going to be 3-D. I think that 2-D is going to be around forever. I think that we'll go back and forth.

For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America.

Be noble like the sun

Everything is ceremony in the wild garden of childhood.

Anger is an integrity-producing response to the invasion of your personal boundaries.

Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

Real persuasion comes from putting more of you into everything you say. Words have an effect. Words loaded with emotion have a powerful effect.

Fame isn't healthy for a writer.

Creative scientists and saints expect revelation and do not fear it. Neither do children. But as we grow up and we are hurt, we learned not to trust.

Every word you add dilutes the sentence.

Do not falter or shrink; But just think out your work, And just work out your think.