If the studio wants to spend money on making your movie better, let them.

The amount of piracy is extraordinary. People don't realize how big it is.

I think when you're doing something cutting edge like 'The Matrix,' it might mean when everybody's saying 'no' that you're really on the right track.

I don't like the term 'ensemble.' It's bland to me.

One of the things that's driving films in a particular direction is that the after market value of them is dropping really fast and in many segments of it, not just DVDs. Pay television is dropping.

Everybody has a background. Everybody has a past. Not everybody's the same person all the way through.

What I keep searching for in movies, more and more, is the right gravity.

What I can't figure out is why we're not making more R-rated movies, actually.

My experience is that you can't possibly win against whatever the tidal wave is that's coming at you.

It's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.

I mean, I'm not a contrarian.

Of all spiritual disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father.

The day of birth is day of life.

Enough anecdotes make a pattern.

World looks narrow for great people, and world looks wide for minor people

Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace.

I need you by me, beside me, to guide me, to hold me, to scold me, cause when I'm bad, I'm so, so bad.

You got to do what's happening today in the world. You got to keep up with time. Keep up to date, keep modern - keep up on your toes!

The only path to a tranquil life is through virtue. [Lat., Semita certe Tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae.]

Some people find the gift of salvation. For others the gifts are smaller: a kind word, a good deed. But all the gifts are from God.

I love the writing process. It's something that I'm interested in personally and something I always do on every movie.