It's always money no matter kind of budget you have, though, it forces you to be creative and not take anything for granted.

If you pitch your movie to someone and they say, "Oh, please, don't make that. No one would see it." Do it! Because that means you may have something that's not the norm.

Create your own path. Cultivate it. It'll take time. It doesn't happen overnight. I was an actor for many years before I got behind the camera.

Securing distribution is always a battle. And to get a film released is a pretty special accomplishment.

I'm passionate about stories that have humanity, compassion and humor.

Character driven stories engage me and when an audience gets to know a character in an unforced way and finds themselves rooting for him or her, those are the kind of movies that get me excited.

My advice on-set is to make every day better than last one. Change is good.

Improvise when obstacles present themselves. Happy accidents are magic! Have an open mind.

Since when does anyone get the option to do the easiest?

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

It's political, sir. Apparently he wants a return to the values and traditions that made the city great, sir." "Does he _know_ what those values and traditions _were_?" said Vimes, aghast.

These hands elate my life, choke me, broil my bosom, spank me, give fire to my words, my words, mother, my heart beats in my words.

Could my proud loneliness be merely an illusion?

I wrote this book because I had formed a strong impression that the people currently living were paying insufficient attention to the dead.

I got into sports because that was a way to prove your masculinity. I was good at it.

In truth, the Library includes all verbal structures, all variations permitted by the twenty-five orthographical symbols, but not a single example of absolute nonsense.

I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen.

Faith is the bird that sings while it is yet dark.