Kids are always open to anything. It's very rare that a kid isn't extremely eager to make you happy.

Paris is a place where, for me, just walking down a street that I've never been down before is like going to a movie.

I don't think any of us are normal people.

Anytime I make a movie, I really have absolutely no idea how it's going to go over. I've had the whole range of different kinds of reactions.

I don't really look for challenges as much as I like adventures. Other than that I'm just trying to find stories I want to tell.

The movies I make tend not to be quite reality but the characters are inspired by real people and they're always very personal.

You don't do background music the way a lot of more conventional films do. The music is often kind of a character in your films to the extent that sometimes you stop and watch someone perform a song.

I just want to make films that are personal, but interesting to an audience.

I wouldn't say that I'm particularly bothered or obsessed with detail.

I love working with actors. That's what the set really is, for me. It's my time with the actors.

Some of the ideas are kind of inspired by the songs, and I always want to use music to tell the story and give the movie a certain kind of mood. That's always essential to me.

It's ugly, but is it art?

But destiny is a very peculiar thing, with a complex timing that is impossible to comprehend.

Salt and light speak of the influence Christians can exercise for good in society.

I remember my dad asking me one time, and it's something that has always stuck with me: 'Why not you, Russ?' You know, why not me? Why not me in the Super Bowl?

Find out whats possible, If you never give up.

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.

Nobody looks good bent over. Especially to pick up a check.

Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity.

I love very much to draw animals.

Leo Tolstoy said the purpose of art is to teach you to love life. And that's what I want.