Film becomes a living organism. After awhile, it begins to tell you what it needs and you're usually best listening.

I've always been very, very supportive of fan cultures. I'm a fan of all kinds of things.

With a DVD, you want something you can own, you can watch, you can come to grips with and you can explore. It's something larger than the film, when it's going out to a fan base.

As a director, you have to go in with a really, really, really clear picture of what you want. That's the point of my commentaries. It's so difficult because you're the harshest critic.

It's good to know where you've come from.

We all are designed to survive rather than to be happy.

He'd grown eager to hand off his things, as if the weight of his possessions kept him tethered to this earth, and by giving them away, he could snip those strings.

...and in fact I've noticed that faith always seems to be less in the daytime

He liked the grand size of things in the woods, the feeling of being lost and far away, and the sense he had that with so many trees as wardens, no danger could find him.

There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a lifestyle. It's not about popularity and all that crap.

Everyday I meet folks who show me how to look at challenges differently.

Soups are a great way to introduce a lot of vegetables to kids. Stir-fries, too, because they contain so many different shapes and colors.

You will fail. Then they will kill you." - Vandara to Kira, following Kira's trial.

The greatness of our God lies in the fact that [He] is both tough minded and tender hearted.

And it's been proved that soldiers don't go mad Unless they lose control of ugly thoughts That drive them out to jabber among the trees.