But to say that the race is the metaphor for the life is to miss the point. The race is everything. It obliterates whatever isn't racing. Life is the metaphor for the race.

There is nothing more seductive — and dangerous — than being listened to.

It is true that there is nothing like a blaze in the hearth to soothe the nerves and restore order to a house.

Have you ever noticed?--people, no matter how beautiful or desirable, invariably will, if observed closely while going about their daily business of keeping alive, begin to seem like monsters.

Choice, with its inevitable invitations to loss, is always such a trial.

There is such a thing as the courage in remaining baffled.

Run! Go perfect your crafts. Run! Go use your creativity.

God forgives not with a decree but with a caress. Jesus too goes beyond the law and forgives by caressing the wounds of our sins.

To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.

When every action has a purpose, every action has a result

But sometimes there’s nothing left to do but move on.

It must be important or he wouldn't dare disturb me now,” he muttered. Then he drew away to look at me. “If it's not, I'll kill him and return to you directly.

We hope that audiences around the world embrace the picture in the same way they have the books and that hopefully Disney will allow us make another one.

One thing Christians do have in common is that they can't help coming across as smug.

You couldn't give up you for them. But what if you wanted them more than you wanted a singular powerful you?

There are always at least five good films at the end of the year to get nominated, but generally speaking nowadays, it's more of the independent films that are recognized.