Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.

Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people.

Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.

I dont find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.

A carefree quality is a whole aspect of life that I will never understand. I don't think I have ever been carefree and can't see the pleasure of it.

I'm one of those people who is actually inspired by a deadline. I might not sleep for many days on end, it may not be good for my health, but it definitely helps.

Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.

I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music.

Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to it that I was able to grasp simply by watching conductors.

In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.

I like business and personal life to be distinct.

I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.

The Lord is letting the wheat and the tares mature before he fully purges the Church. He is also testing you to see if you will be misled. The devil is trying to deceive the very elect.

I think as long as you're being creative and finding your own work interesting, that's all that matters.

A lot of the stuff that we say about drugs is just wrong.

Whatsoever is good; the same is also approved of God.

My life was split by two worlds, but he kept me whole.

If you're going to be a great guide to what's great for consumers, and, indirectly, for investors, you've got to be very careful about who you contract with and what you're offering.

Our power lies in our love of our homelands.

Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.

Not to be purple, but I've never been a 'bad boy' kind of girl. I like manners.