If justice is supposed to be fair, than any justice system you would hope is based on fairness.

One does not simply walk into Mordor.

The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking.

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.

Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.

If you work at love, you will find love at work.

Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant.

Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it.

Actors will never be replaced. The thought that somehow a computer version of a character is going to be something people prefer to look at is a ludicrous idea.

Every film is a challenge. I always say that making a movie is like film school - you're always learning. But unlike most schools, you never get done with it. You never learn everything.

I think that's the job of a director really, to sort of funnel all the creativity into one centralized point of being.

Art never comes from happiness

I had an inheritance from my father, It was the moon and the sun.And though I roam all over the world, The spending of it’s never done.

He wanted nothing to do with her. He wanted everything to do with her.

You have to encourage people not to give in to the temptation to be normal, even if it isn't easy - because when you're young, you really want to belong.

Good taste rejects excessive nicety.

My fellow Americans, it has been the honor of my life to serve you. I won't stop. In fact, I will be right there with you as a citizen for all my remaining days.

I have no religion, but if I were to choose one, it would be that of Shariati's.

God didn't give Adam and Eve the right to decide what was good and evil. He gave them the right to choose between good and evil.

Her queen danced like a flame in the wind, and the mercurial king like the weight at the center of the earth.

I like acting for now. But after seeing Apollo 13, what I really want to do is to be an astronaut. I'm dying to go to a space camp next summer!