As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene.

I respect the British a lot - their history, their past, their culture. I think it's beautiful, what they have with the monarchy.

I'm always aiming for some magic in films if I can find a mystical quality either in a song or in a moment or a character's intention.

There's a way of filming where you can get rid of the vanity and of trying to make something beautiful.

When I do a mix tape for my kids, for my friends, for my lover, I meticulously choose the tracks, and it's beautiful. And when they are alone they think of me - and when I am alone I think of them.

You've got to trust your instincts, your judgment and trust the storytelling that came before and the quality of the acting with the emotion.

Just film what's there, trust what came before, one hour before, and make it easy.

I look back, and I've got a couple of films, and I'm happy.

I love those films where I feel the director's confidence - where he doesn't need to overdo it with the shots and the cuts.

I'm from the 'less is more' school. I had to be in the 'more is more' zone with 'Dallas Buyers Club', so I was out of my comfort zone, but I had to trust that.

In a career, when you hit 40 and you've done a lot of this and that, you want to try some new things. I feel like that as a director, too, from one film to the other.

When you compete against yourself, you both win.

Let your need draw you closer to your Creator.

Perhaps we need to separate youth from education. Education lasts forever. Youth is the time for exploration, maturation, socialization.

Theist and atheist: The fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.

Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have it depends solely on what you think.

If you will read again what is written, you will see how it was.

I would love us to bring back our Juedo-Christian values and begin to teach those things, at a time other than a political election.

I've read a lot of books, so I know bunches of stuff that sounds like it could be true.

When you have real power you don't threaten. People know what your capabilities are.

Things like rebellion and resistance to authority are absolutely as much a part of the human experience as love and cars are, and it's a part that doesn't get covered very much in pop music.