I love comic books - maybe to a fault sometimes.

When Reality is a prison, Your mind can set you free.

There's very few dork movies made by dorks.

We've tried as hard as we can into keep the ideas intact in the hail storm that is Hollywood, so, whether he is or not, I'm personally proud of what I've been able to jam down their throats.

The eyes get lost in 3-D. With 3-D, your eyes are looking for the plane of focus, right? And the problem is, when you do quick cuts, your eyes can't find it.

I think I just have a natural operatic aesthetic. I can't help it.

My mom always encouraged me, it was never weird. She'd look at 'Heavy Metal' and go 'Woo-hoo!'

It's difficult to find a movie that feels true to itself. You feel the hand of Hollywood, the moviemaking by committee, on everything.

I write in a pretty straightforward way. I kind of sit down at page one and start writing.

It's more like Christmas, you know, when you get a shot in that looks great and it's exactly what you want. It's a great feeling, and there's nothing like it.

When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.

I don't know yet what we're called, or if we have a name. I know so little and need to learn so much. I'm many things, detective, and all of them love you.

How foolish of me to have disregarded you, dear goddess. I won’t make that mistake again.

Some writers can only deal with childhood experience, because it's complete. For another kind of writer, life goes on, and he's able to keep processing that as well.

Inviting audiences to open up and hear things differently is an important part of what I do. But I still love to sing songs with words, too.

I want to build an audience that's willing to follow us in whichever direction we might choose.

My biggest concern for this generation is your inability to focus, especially in prayer.

Love always has its price, come whence it may.

Personally I regard idling as a virtue, but civilized society holds otherwise.

Senator Chris Dodd unveiled his plan to reduce corruption in the Senate. He's retiring.

That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone.