I have a lot of repression. So repression is what I make movies about.

We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi.

I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and art.

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.

My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.

I think people are universal.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

Every movie I make. That’s my hideout, the place I don’t quite understand, but feel most at home.

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me

I think great romance needs great obstacles and textures.

Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.

On this Mother's Day and every day before and after, I thank you God for the precious gift of my three children. I love them unconditionally.

It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

Is heaven more beautiful than the country of the muskox in summer when sometimes the mist blows over the lakes and sometimes the water is blue and the loons cry very often?

My first job is to say thank you to those who voted me. Those who didn't, I'm going to get your vote next time.

There is no broader way to apostasy than to reject God's sovereignty in all things concerning the revelation of himself and our obedience.

This is a commodities business, so the companies that do it best are the ones that do it more efficiently.

Arbores loqui latine. The trees speak Latin.

Socially smart people have always mocked the threateningly mobile, and anti-branding is a central strand of high-end status conflict now.

I'm glad to be a role model, but beyond that I'm a flawed human being, someone who continues to deal with my body image and what my purpose is on the planet.

What makes you different is what makes you beautiful