Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty.

The greatest story commandment is: Make me care.

Use what you know. Draw from it. It doesnt always mean plot or fact. It means capturing a truth from your experiencing it, expressing values you personally feel deep down in your core.

The best stories infuse wonder.

Don't give [the audience] four; give them two plus two.

I never think about the audience. If someone gives me a marketing report, I throw it away.

Loneliness is, I think, people's biggest fear, whether they are conscious of it or not.

Frankly, there isn't anyone you couldn't learn to love once you've heard their story.

That's what great art does - it inspires other artists to do great art, and that's what it should do.

Change is fundamental in story. If things go static, stories die.

A strong theme is always running through a well-told story.

God himself made government and gave it an environment of the kingdom

Mad cow disease? A crazy hunger for blood. There had to be a reasonable explanation for all of this. And there's no such thing as vampires, right?

Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.

Joy has nothing to do with material things or with a man's outward circumstance ... a man living in the lap of luxury can be wretched and a man in the depths of poverty can overflow with joy.

You can never compare two players that are different, they're never going to be the same.

I knew those feelings of wanting to be with another brother were not dead; they were just asleep.

He couldn't figure out if she was immensely well adjusted or seriously messed up.

I'm doing what I want to do.

It was never my goal to be an actor.

I fall in love with almost every person I photograph. I want to hear their stories. I want to get close. This is personal for me.