I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective, reflecting the Asian experience, which is very rare.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age.

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.

Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

Privacy above all else. Some day, in the future, people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was.

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.

The moral high ground to which I aspired had turned into a slippery slope.

Of course, one must always take into consideration the modestly of the lady. Too subtle and she may miss your meaning all together. Too strong, and she may never look you in the face again.

The Church today is more likely to alienate than to seduce...

A building is a string of events belonging together.

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

I don't think there's anybody in America who thinks my personality is best suited to being Number Two.

The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind forward.

Let's save all the children, save the babies, save the babies.

Faith in a higher power helps us to control our mind and thoughts.

With my ministry of light, part of what I do is work on the California Alliance For Arts Education.