Look closely for the fingerprints of God's faithfulness throughout the seasons of your life.

It's not a career for anyone who needs or values security. It's a career for gamblers. Every time you write a book you roll the dice again.

We seldom break a leg as long as we are climbing wearily upwards in our lives, instead we do it when we start going easy on ourselves and choosing the comfortable paths.

I'm OMAC! Evacuate this section! I'm going to destroy it!

If your work is going to draw from life, you'd better work very hard to keep up with reality.

I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.

Big Government is erecting a panopticon state - one that sees everything, and regulates everything. It’s great “customer service,” except that you can never get out of the store.

What do you do for ecstasy?

I did do a war movie, 'Windtalkers.' That was a lot of action. But once you've done one big action/war movie, you don't need to do another one.

It is not enough that you can form nay, and follow, the most excellent rules for conducting yourself in the world. You must also know when to deviate from them, and where lies the exception.