American missionaries have free rein in Uganda. They can go anywhere they please - schools, hospitals, parliament.

I mentioned before, these [classic Disney films] are classic mythological tales, a hero's journey, and have been told for thousands of years. Disney has updated them, and made them accessible for us.

There is much institutionalized racism in The Netherlands and the non-White population is just now beginning to fight for their rights.

While growing up, I lived in my own fantasy world. I had kind of a rough childhood, so I created my own reality.

That is what I was more drawn to - creating stories while changing and altering reality.

I didn't have a lot of exposure to films as a kid, and I never went to the cinema. I had a single mom who just planted me in front of the television.

The relationship between a director and an editor in documentaries is so important.

Owen [Suskind], in a sense, grew up on a diet of myth and fable, and has become an expert on their themes, which contain a moral guide that connects people.

Uganda can greatly benefit from American evangelicals if they separate the Scott Lively extremists from the Rick Warren-type of moderate evangelicals.

I saw footage of a well-known pastor holding a Bible and saying, "This book says homosexuals should be killed."

Someone told me once that I'm worse than a dog, I'm the scum of the earth, so for me it was draining.

...sometimes it's best not to know, because even when you know, it doesn't matter anyway. Ignorance is bliss. Knowledge is often a responsibility nobody wants.

You felt a deep sorrow, the kind of melancholy you feel when you're in a beautiful place and the sun is going down

I suppose even monsters can be afraid of the dark.

It was in the black mirror of anarchism that surrealism first recognised itself.

I'm not educated; I'd be a damn fool if I was (educated)!

Religious superstitions more than all other influences put together cripple & enslave woman, but so long as women themselves do not see it & hug their chains, we have a great educational work to do.

I'm a Reagan Republican, which means I don't speak ill of other Republicans.

I do try to plot about a chapter ahead once I get going. I have a list of upcoming scenes with little notes about them. But sometimes the story changes and I don't end up following that.

A grand jury would 'indict a ham sandwich,' if that's what you wanted.

He was a romantic in his own harsh way…yet he was also realist enough to know that some times love actually did conquer all.