Film-making is a business and at the bottom line people who don't make fiscally responsible decisions end up going into another line of work.

I just like the comic book sensibility. If I can turn them into films and TV series, that's just icing on the cake.

It's more important to get the right writer and the right take than it is to do something in a particular timeframe.

What's so wonderful about 'The Walking Dead' is that we're able to explore human nature in its most depraved as well as its most humanitarian in each episode.

A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine the ramifications of progress.

We tend to be more environmental at home than at work, regardless of the industry we're in.

You don't want people to look at something and think that was a fantastic special effect.

A key ingredient to success, I learned, is relying on not only the kindness of strangers, but the kindness of colleagues.

If I'm going to fail, let me fail with something that I care deeply about.

I think that we can learn so much if we pay attention to our dreams, whether when we are asleep or in waking dreams. There are connections that are absolutely incredible.

The truth is there's so many great TV shows out there now that none of us take absence of awards personally. The most important feedback is the feedback we get from the fans.

Well and good if all things change, O Lord God, provided I am rooted in You.

If you hide your problems and never let yourself get help from yourself and others, those problems will always be lurking inside of you beneath the surface.

Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.

I ended up spending years on a spiritual quest - diving into the world's great spiritual traditions.

Be willing to face life squarely and get down beneath the surface of life where the verities and realities are to be found.

My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'

Children are dying." Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.

Let positive, strong, helpful thoughts enter into your brains from very childhood. Lay yourselves open to these thoughts, and not to weakening and paralysing ones.

Leaders' careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or plan for.

Mine are the deep-seated fears established when we are children, and they never quite go away: the fear of being helpless, the fear of being trapped, the fear of being out of control.