I'm quite spontaneous in my decisions often. Your career is kind of what happens whilst you're busy developing other screenplays, and so it came out of the blue.

I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad.

I think my dyslexia was a vital part of my development because my inability to read and write meant that I had to find knowledge elsewhere so I looked to the cinema.

I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.

Every time I make a film, I feel it gives me the chance to learn something new.

Fairy tales to me are never happy, sweet stories. They're moral stories about overcoming the dark side and the bad.

Modern, not bottom-dwelling literature like a carp.

I was known for a while for doing very long takes, especially after Atonement.

I don't make a division between an art film and commercial art.

I feel more in touch with the world when I'm filming.

Generally, I've never known quite how to fit in in civilian life, but on set, making a film, I know exactly where to go, how to behave and how I fit.

Here, I stole it for you. Why don’t you tell me what it’s for.”“Aw, Sophronia, how thoughtful. You brought me a present!

Time passes, and little by little everything that we have spoken in falsehood becomes true.

The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this.

Allow your dreams a place in your prayers and plans. God-given dreams can help you move into the future He is preparing for you.

He is not well bred, that cannot bear ill breeding in others

Without education, there is no hope for our people and without hope, our future is lost

It's so crazy with the Internet and being able to play shows to people who are actually interested in you. I feel so lucky when that happens.

The human condition itself inspires me.

The world is full of Kings and Queens, Who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.

It's all movies for me. And besides, when you say documentaries, in my case, in most of these cases, means "feature film" in disguise.