Facts are almost irrelevant to most people. We make decisions based on emotion and then justify them later with whatever facts we can scrounge up in our defense.

If we want to change things, we must first change ourselves. If we want to play - if we want to change the world - we must first show up on the field to score.

Pastors started killing their church members and church members killed pastors. Husbands killed wives. It's a situation no one can describe.

I think I'm a happy man, and I'm a blessed man. I have been able to adjust to any situation, whatever it was, in my life.

"There is no greater gift to an insecure leader that quite matches a vague enemy who can be used to whip up fear and hatred among the population."

This is why I say that the individual's most potent weapon is a stubborn belief in the triumph of common decency.

We are all born with a powerful herd instinct and it can force otherwise rational people to act in inexplicable ways.

Our days are so few, our existences so complicated. As long as we're breathing we shouldn't further complicate our lives.

History never seems to teach us any lessons. But that is no reason to give up.

Everybody was willing to give me a job. But I wanted to do something different. I saw myself as an independent person, self-employed.

Those who do not care, escape the anguish of mourning but never know the delights of love. The meaning of life forever eludes them.

Only the supernatural love of God through changed lives can solve the problems that we face in our world.

I want it to be more universal than that - like a painter doesn't have to explain his life story away to justify his painting.

How you do anything is how you do everything. Your "character" or "nature" just refers to how you handle all the day-to-day things in life, no matter how small.

Always ask for the truth. Just make sure the time is right.

I can't be under arrest now... I don't have time.

I've worked with Frank [Darabont] on two collaborations, The Majestic with Jim Carrey and Stephen King's The Mist.

Belief fuels our decisions - even when we are not clearly aware of those beliefs.

I was having serious issues with becoming a diabetic.

I'm very much an optimist. I don't think I could do my work if I didn't believe there was some kind of hope for humanity.