In a couple of years I think it [sequel to What We Do] will come out as a script and we'll shoot that. Or maybe it will just come out as some t-shirts.

I'm used to working with restrictions and that's when you come up with the more creative stuff.

I never wanted to be a filmmaker. I still, sometimes, think I got sidetracked by this, like this is a tangent. My main thing was painting; I was just going to do that.

The films I like to watch are when they make it relatable to human audiences.

To make filmmaking interesting to me, I want to keep learning things.

I constantly remind myself that there are terrible movies out there. I try to watch them, some of them, to give myself an understanding of what not to do.

I hate the modern day the kids live in. I don't think it's very cool. Everyone's interconnected.

Sometimes there are really happy mistakes.

I've become more like water, I'm more relaxed and I'll say, "Okay, let's just completely change it and do it that way."

Hitler rounded up all of the vampires in Europe.

I've loved comics since I was a kid, collected them, I've always dreamed of being involved in comics.

Stay unknown until you know what you want to be known for.#StokesNotes

Man has not forgotten to be man because man has not yet learned to be man! You can’t forget the thing you haven’t learned yet!

A great life begins with a great thought.

Much of the really serious trouble in the world gets going with a sense of humiliation.

The Christian life is never static. One must either grow in grace, or there will be backsliding and deterioration.

I don't have any spiritual strategy.

If originally it was not good for a man to be alone, it is much worse for a sick man to be so; he thinks too much of his distemper, and magnifies it.

When the Christian praises and gives thanks to God, this not only pleases God, but it enriches the Christian's life with joy. It is a reciprocating transaction between God and man.

The mind is the most capricious of insects — flitting, fluttering.

There is no income tax in Russia. But there's no income.