Certain types of films will never test well. My films never seem to test well.

It makes it difficult to decide which to go see, since no film about say, some tragic genocide in Africa is going to get a bad review even if it's poorly made.

Because I found myself telling the story of his family to people without the visual aids that I was able to employ by filming them eventually. But I very much knew exactly what I was going to do.

Dialogue that's distinctive, funny, peculiar, and specific is the main thing that makes me want to get involved with a film to begin with.

I try to make the set as relaxed and fun and stress-free as humanly possible, while still having control over things. It's usually tension that hurts a performance or makes it seem self-conscious.

I never saw a department store Santa as a kid. My mother was afraid to take me.

Saying that all documentaries are the same is like saying all foreign films are the same.

I was inspired to do anything I could to get out of what I was doing... today, I'm motivated to pay the bills.

The last Christmas movie I really liked was 'It's a Wonderful Life, ' probably. It's sort of a schmaltzy movie, but it's not without its dark moments. It still gets to me every year.

People turned against each other cannot turn against those responsible.

Like a warrior in the battlefield, a writer must endeavour to use his pen to stamp the paper with his identity.

There are no 'ifs' in combat. When you win, you win, When you lose, you lose.

Surprise is the beginning of wisdom.

Try to enjoy the great festival of life with other men!

That which impels man to do the right thing is God.

When you have no intention then you have no tension! Be flexible.

To get from people you had to give a piece of yourself, a real piece that mattered. Just being nice was not enough.

This is Rick Grimes being pushed to his absolute limit. And if you think you’ve seen that before, you haven’t. And the Rick Grimes that comes out of this is really going to shock people.

It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire.