Dark impulses certainly exist in me and, I think, in most people.

I've never seen, heard, nor smelled an issue that was so dangerous it couldn't be talked about. Hell yes, I'm for debating anything!

I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid.

I had a birthday one night on a farm we were shooting on. I walked into the tent, and there were 150 people waiting for me, all wearing masks of my face.

I believe there's a landscape that exists underneath everything that we can see in present-day stuff. And I think that makes life kind of a detective story.

My hand trembles, my heart does not.

Each environment has its own signature. Sound tells a story: You make choices about what you're hearing, where to look, how you want to feel about what's going on.

There's no attempt to manipulate the audience. We made our choice at the start.

We shoot double episodes in 15 days in Los Angeles.

I've always been a bit of a sound freak in the movies I've done.

To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me.

A spiritual journey is becoming what one has always meant to be-come and always was. One with God's Spirit.

Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

I don't want to write for adults. I want to write for readers who can perform miracles. Only children perform miracles when they read.

Once you turn something into something, its universal usage is over.

But churches always have been the leading cause of the need for churches.

Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? What sinews are those? - A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolutions; unerring decisions.

The woman you buy takes a great deal of money. The woman who gives herself to you takes all your money.

For me, creating music is a completely natural thing. I've been doing so, and I will continue doing so. I record almost everything I play at home.

Leadership is not about experience, education or talent. It's about choosing to lead.

He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.