Jack the Ripper – media myth arising when clever individual murderers concocted a monster so as to avoid suspicion.

Abnormal – nonsense. Suggests a norm, which is a tag placed on those who don’t conform to an elite’s view of itself.

Micro: When his mind detached from his body he saw the murderer stab him repeatedly. Later, he told the detective - who retired. He blamed stress.

Micro: Letters create words. Words create language. Language, we are told, permits knowledge & expression. Language is what we are. Are we jailed?

War – conflict where people are made to kill to live. Caused by less than 1% of a population – and experienced by the rest.

The power of a boy's dream is one of life's little miracles, the way it wraps itself around the heart and remains through old age to the last breath.

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

Nothing is impossible for the people of God who trust in the power of God to accomplish the will of God.

Because you're responsible for [children]. You are there to protect them, not possess them. I tell them, "Watch me and you might learn something."

I dream of a vegan world - that's where I want everything to go.

I always considered statesmen to be more expendable than soldiers.

Working with Candy Bergen was really wonderful.

Beware how you give your heart.

In the inner place where true artists create there exists a pure child.

My fiancee and I recently eloped. We went on a fabulous honeymoon to Europe, and I was able to see and do everything I wanted without worrying about taking it easy.