I think this takes a lot of courage and integrity to find your own voice and way to express not only your story, but the reality you are setting it within.

I found that each time I opened my camera and filmed Jerusalem, its image was overtaking what I wanted to express.

I would like to find a more precise way to not only tell the stories of female characters, but also do so in a female "way." My biggest advice would be to trust yourself.

I think I only appear smart by staying quiet as often as possible.

The boy Prewitt loved the songs because they gave him something, a first hint that pain might not be pointless if you could only turn it into something.

The good thing about problems is that they all have solutions.

Almost everyone in politics nowadays has at least one conflict of interest.

Modern architecture does not mean the use of immature new materials; the main thing is to refine materials in a more human direction.

People who are wrapped up in themselves make small packages.

Everything starts with a dream, a particle of our imagination that teases us of what the future could be like, as long as we fight for it.

Being a systematic theologian allows me to indulge all my interests - in literature, film, art, music - by relating them all to God.

I didn't tour Europe, because I didn't have any label support

Bin Laden was completely protected by the oil companies in this country who told [President] Bush not to go after him because it would piss off the Saudis.