I have tremendous faith that there will be greater films to come.

There's nothing better than finishing something and looking at it. Whether it be a script or a movie, it's this complete little thing that now exists and is hopefully immortal.

It's an important part of being a member of society to know what's happening in the world and to know where you fall in it and what you can do about it.

When you know you have a certain amount of work to finish, you just don't allow yourself to get sick again.

I've been wanting to make a movie about the war in Sierra Leone, specifically, for more than 15 years.

Collaboration sometimes causes conflict, and sometimes it's easy, but the bringing together of great minds only adds.

If you really want to tell someone you love them, you don't just go and blurt it out. There's a dance. And your movie does that.

I do want to direct a movie from horseback one day.

You only have so much time in life so everything you do needs to mean something to you.

You're always against the clock. But really just fighting for quality.

The apartments are made for eels.

But even race-neutral policies and recruitment efforts designed to achieve greater diversity are, in the end, not race neutral.

One never forgets faces one wholeheartedly detests.

I write in order to belong.

I really don't look at comparing things that way because even in a 14-game season, there could be a running back who could have a lot more carries than other running backs.

I learned why 'out riding alone' is an oxymoron: An equestrian is never alone, is always sensing the other being, the mysterious but also understandable living being that is the horse.

The demand that poetry be immediately understandable to everyone is truly absurd.

You can make a sordid thing sound like a brilliant drawing-room comedy. Probably a fear we have of facing up to the real issues. Could you say we were guilty of Noel Cowardice?

Confession should be a daily activity for the Christian, whose entire pilgrimage is characterized by the spirit of repentance.

Who knows what the future holds? It's all on parenting, one way or another. I don't care what level it is, it comes back to people learning how to deal with people.

Sunglasses are a bit like watches for me - a real obsession. My favourites are Oakleys, Ray-Bans and Wileys, which are worn by the U.S. military.