I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction.

Everyone has a little bit of Howard and Chad in them. I think there's Christine in all men as well.

I think Christine and Chad are on the opposite extremes of the spectrum. Christine is a model victim, and Chad is a model perpetrator, and Howard is closer to the middle.

We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling.

In a relationship you have to open yourself up.

My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We're all protective of the self.

If we put the camera on ourselves, our friends and neighbors, we'll come up with some scary stuff.

There is a lot of absurdity sometimes, not just in Mormonism but often in other religions that want to pretend that no bad happens in their church, rather than taking care of what bad does happen.

The future is now. It's time to grow up and be strong. Tomorrow may well be too late.

Everybody has the ability to be manipulative, to be hateful and deceitful.

Everyone has a story.

The Love factor makes anything hallowed, and an action is no exception. Doing things with love makes the work sacred.

It requires more courage to back down compared to moving forward.

Profit is the most global aspect of a business, and it is cross-functional.

You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I'm making more money.

I don't feel responsible for things I didn't vote for.

The idea of passing one's whole life in moral idleness, and having one's hardest work and duty done by another-whether God or man-is most revolting to us, as it is most degrading to human dignity.

Knowledge is only useful if you do something with it.

I'm against the partial-birth abortion, but you've got to have an exception for the life of the mother and the health of the mother under the strictest test of bodily injury to the mother.

Piety and virtue are not only delightful for the present, but they leave peace and contentment behind them.

The covetous map explores the whole world in pursuit of a subsistence, and fate is close at his heels.