I don't think anyone sees truth for a simple reason: we aren't static.

North Korea and evangelical empires have the same principle of leadership: nepotism to the nth degree. You may not get the call, but you inherit the mailing list.

People are not as one-dimensional as the stories about them.

We don't just change our minds, we change the way we see things. That's one reason I'm a better grandfather than I was a father.

There is nothing more profane than the image of an atheist with tears in his eyes conducting the glory and passion of Handel's Messiah.

Evangelical Christians are not sincere. It is all about making money.

Of course as soon as I say something or write it that sounds like I believe it, and really I'm never entirely sure.

I do think evangelicals have been under attack.

You Republicans are the arsonists who burned down our national home. Now you have the nerve to criticize the 'architect' America just hired - President Obama - to rebuild from the ashes.

Beliefs should be like the rest of life, and real life isn't rules but learning and adaption.

Positions on politics and religion are labels. Inside I'm still me, just older and tired.

Lady Wisdom will be your close friend

It had better be. It doesn't do much when it's soft.

But there is greater comfort in the substance of silence than in the answer to a question.

2 + 2 equal 4... so far I don't think it will change to 5 or 6, it's near to fact, but the probability of the ability... equals not a fact!

If co-operation, is thus the lifeblood of science and technology, it is similarly vital to society as a whole.

I am a loyalist and I really absolutely love film.

Australia is breathtakingly beautiful, and I can't wait to visit again.

If you spot an opportunity and are really excited by it, throw yourself into it with everything you've got.

If you stare at a wall from four in the morning till nine at night and you do that for a week, you are getting pretty close to nothingness.

I think it's helpful to aspire to make films if you feel that other people are not doing what you want to do.