I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film critic to make a living.

If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.

I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch.

In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.

Living without hate for people is almost impossible. There is nothing wrong with fantasizing about revenge. You can have that feeling. You just shouldn't act in it.

If you would ask me what my ideal process is, I would say, long pre-production, long production and long post-production.

The point of revenge is not in the completion but in the process.

I don't really believe in the auteur theory.

I actually pay careful attention to that sort of thing - infusing humor into my films - because that's how important I think humor is.

When I was growing up, we were taught in school that North Koreans, and especially the North Korean leadership, were all devils.

Sometimes you need these warm, human moments - something that feels close - to help things along.

Why would any writer in her right mind ever consider making a movie instead? That's like going from being a monk or a nun to serving as a camp counselor for hundreds of problem children.

Right time, right place, right moment.

Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open.

In a poll commissioned by Time and CNN, two-thirds of American parents said they think that their children are spoiled.

Things like radical generosity and audacious faith are not produced when we focus on them, but when we focus on the gospel.

I'm a Gemini and Lucas Goodman is a Leo, so we definitely wanted some duality. We definitely balance each other out in a lot of ways, but we're also very different.

Perspective - Use It or Lose It.

I love the intimacy of small venues, I really do, I like that look that people have that they feel like they're special and they can hear and they can see the band as well.

Roy, you left the girls and I surrounded by love. Our families and friends have been amazing. We love you and we miss you so much.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched