I think when you really adore something and you've grown up with it you almost don't want to be part of it. I want to enjoy it as a fan and don't want to ruin the magic.

A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human"?

The book is the book and it will always be there. It's a quiet ending. In the book it's a contemplative ending which I think you could certainly do that in a movie.

I think it's part of everybody's childhood, there are some wonderful Hammer movies and there are some dreadful ones.

There's video footage of my 10th birthday where I'm wearing, like, a little pink T-shirt. Then my dad comes in brandishing a copy of 'Eraserhead, ' going, 'Look what we've got for tonight!'

I've yet to meet a bitter teenager. Bitterness, jealousy and jadedness, I think, are the most unattractive qualities in a person, and unfortunately they do seem to come with age.

I think most of the time you can make something happen, and it's about not letting your imagination be limited by that.

Vengeance is the act of turning anger in on yourself. On the surface it may be directed at someone else, but it is a surefire recipe for arresting emotional recovery.

Dance from the heart and let your passion shine through

Women are the jewels, but for them to feel that way, they must focus on enriching their body, mind and soul.

I do not care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members.

God does not require you to follow His leadings on blind trust. Behold the evidence of an invisible intelligence pervading everything, even your own mind and body.

Fish," he said softly, aloud, "I'll stay with you until I am dead.

Was it a sign of Creeping Decrepitude?

I have two secret weapons -- my legs, my arms and my brain.

Who will ever give counsel, if the counsel be judged by the event, and if it be not found wise, shall therefore be thought wicked?

I committed to directing 'Catch Me If You Can' not because of the divorce component, but principally because Frank Abagnale did things that were the most astonishing scams I had ever heard.

Who was the blundering idiot who said 'fine words butter no parsnips'? Half the parsnips of society are served and rendered palatable with no other sauce.