I love the first hour of a horror movie, the fear and anticipation. Then, when it gets bloody, I lose interest.

You know, when you're isolated on set for like a month, people like to get rowdy.

The way brainwashing works is subtle and takes a long time.

The trappings of a religious cult tend to fall into candlelit ceremonies and robes and group chanting and singing and prayer.

What I learned from directing, I learned from soccer, where it's like a coach-player relationship.

When people leave cults, they don't know that they left a cult.

When I hire actors I believe in their abilities.

When I was a kid, I was afraid of large group of conforming people.

When you write, no matter what, it ends up personal.

You can't write something to please someone.

A big fear of working with an actor that's never been a lead in a film before is that you're going to have to work really hard to pull a performance out of her.

But men are bound to saySome things that, though untrue, Will get you down the aisleUntil you say "I do.

When the time is right, when these feelings of rage and unfairness once again overcome me, I will not faint. I will fight.

Evolution on the large scale unfolds, like much of human history, as a succession of dynasties.

I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.

What is God looking for? He is looking for men and women whose hearts are completely His - completely.

My own parents were very un-neurotic, so I never thought that I had to change enormously in order to become a parent.

Then from far away across the world he smelled good things to eat, so he gave up being king of the wild things.

How often do we not see children ruined through the virtues, real or supposed, of their parents?

When I find my focus and keep my balance- I find that all is right with my world.

I can make people laugh at the drop of a dime. God's given me that ability.