Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists.

And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're sexy, they're manipulative, they're dangerous.

You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time

However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years

However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school.

The camera lies all the time; lies 24 times/second.

I'm always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of move into a motion picture venue

I sometimes go for the strongest, most vivid colour on the palette, which in the case of movies is violence.

It's always great to discover a new star of tomorrow

So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it's one of the most exciting aspects of making movies and almost a lost art at this point

The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually you can cover a lot of bad direction with good acting

Death can come slow. Death can come quick. If you've got one last breath, you better make the most of it.

Most of the non-profit organizations are owned from the wealthy rich philanthropists but are managed and run from poor philanthropists.

Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare social justice can never be attained.

I think the wave of social media rejection is coming. I think there will be a big reaction against it. It's just like sugar- - mean, I loved it as a kid.

I have limited interests. I really like all sorts of gear. Guitar gear. Recording gear. Stuff like that. I like music, you know.

Being a father is the most important thing, if you ask me. It changed me as a person and gave me an all new life.

What I like about prose poems is that they seem to make people uncomfortable - people want to define them, justify them, attack them. Prose poems are natural fence-sitters.

Does God know if I am ignored or rejected? Find the answer in the compassionate eyes of Christ as he stands to defend the adulterous woman.

A teacher in search of his/her own freedom may be the only kind of teacher who can arouse young persons to go in search of their own

Washington, or as I like to call it, 68 square miles surrounded by reality.