Children know when they are being sold a sanitised version of the world, and I think that's a betrayal of the relationship between author and reader.

Everybody deserves to have something good in their life. At least once

I discovered you can get closer to a characters thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film.

Don't sit back and wait for God to do it all. Ask for His advice, but be prepared to do the hard yards yourself.

A little hope goes a long way.

We may not be in Manchester but we will always be united

See? Memories aren't happy, they're sad. Don't you know anything?

Experience shows that exceptions are as true as rules.

You have to figure out who the right person is to tell the story. And often, people who are very self-aware will only sound as if they are pontificating if they tell the story.

Only by letting go can we truly possess what is real.

Oliver Stone's strategy is to unnerve the actors so as to make them alert and alive.

Believe me, Germany is unable to wage war.

I think that not criticizing my successor is a statement unto itself, in terms of trying to create an environment where people are able to have a meaningful discussion or debate without trash talk.

Some days, it seems to me like the purpose of life is to convert energy into beauty.

Honestly, I thought I was going to be a kite forever, suffocating inside a little feathery prison. And he had the nerve to make fun!

Tolerate nothing in your life that might diminish your hunger for Gods word. Apply it w vigor & spiritual energy!

Hope is slowly extinguished and quickly revived.