If he ever changes his stance on something, it's because he's received new information.

The truth was always out there, you just had to find it.

You have the ability to find all the answers--if you let yourself do so.

Evil is done by the living.

Evil doesn't just go away.

Formal education and current position can define your worthiness. What makes you extraordinary is defined by your attitude towards others.

Faith is the soul riding at anchor.

The writer is the midwife of understanding.

Always changing genres, making very different films is a good idea. It's a way of making yourself feel vulnerable again, getting back to that innocence. As is working within a circumspect budget.

Things are always different from what they might be.

Painting is not made to decorate apartments. It's an offensive and defensive weapon against the enemy. (about Guernica).

I was much more upset by the situation with Jacob than by the possibility of being eaten by a bear.

The most important thing in my life is Christ.

At the end of the day, the key to happiness is taking ultimate responsibility for your reactions to all of your experiences - the good and the chaotic.

My diary became more than a place to record daily events. It became a friend, the paper that it was made of was ready and willing to accept anything and everything I had to say.