I think people are tired of being slammed with foul language and sexual content that really has nothing to do with (telling a good story).

Sometimes, unfortunately, when we make choices there are consequences but, ultimately, the longer we keep things down and hold them secret, the longer the enemy can use them against us.

I think, ultimately, people are looking for real heartfelt true stories. They want to engage with them, they want to relate (to) them and, ultimately, they want to have hope.

I think this is very applicable to men and women - that they are looking for love in all the wrong places.

We (sometimes) get so far ahead of (ourselves) instead of living out each day that we forget to really appreciate the moment that we're in - even if it's (temporarily) bad.

With each movie I get better and I'm able to tell incredible stories that move people into motion.

To try and raise a budget for a film that is strictly for adults and both strong and graphic in content is not easy, especially when there is pressure to spend serious money on good special effects.

I don't claim to have an answer to every question, but I promise you I have a question for every answer.

We now have so many regulations that everyone is guilty of some violation.

[The wall will be] ten feet taller. And every time they [Mexicans] protest, it's going to go up a little bit higher.

I applied for a job at Starbucks. One of the questions was, 'Why do you want to work at Starbucks?' Uh, because my life is in shambles.

Pain is the world. I don't have anywhere to run.

It's raining questions around here. A person could drown in them.

Without making any moral judgements whatsoever, one can say that self-indulgence and excessive self-preoccupation are the antithesis of genuine awareness.

It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.