People who go for humor are wonderful because they do great humor. People who go for wit and end up with humor are people who have made a mistake.

Movies without meaningful dialogue play well all over the world. The Apostle is probably the best movie of the year, but it won't do squat in Korea.

I was dyslexic before anybody knew what dyslexia was. I was called 'slow'. It's an awful feeling to think of yourself as 'slow' - it's horrible.

Beauty doesn't have anything to do with prettiness. Beauty has to do with something else; it gets into an area where words can't go.

Style is the most ephemeral thing I know. It's not about how effective you are it's about how you are effective.

My next film is always shaped by the last one... by the things I feel I didn't get right, or the things I like and want to try to develop further, but it always comes out of the last picture.

Twilight is about getting older and relationships - not about a murder mystery. It's about love when you reach a certain age; nothing is in primary colors.

I couldn't sit down and write a novel or a short story - even now - because of my dyslexia. But I learned narration through movies.

Sometimes other people have better ideas.

It's interesting that there are places that words can't get to.

My education was an education by movies.

Our thoughts and imaginations are much more powerful than our feelings or actions.

Pride is the archenemy of ministry.

The biggest tragedy I had was the loss of my daughter from neuromuscular disease in 2000, at age 46.

I think it's a big disservice to our country and to our democracy to continue to raise these doubts.

Unless inside, where no one sees, our soul is kneelling, too, a prayer is not so likely to get through.

the music was always in the background, like music at a church service; it was something to depend upon.

Worrying about inflation now is like worrying about the measles when you might get the plague.

I was convinced that, besides millions of frank unbelievers, there are today large numbers of half-believers to whom religion is a source of intellectual and moral discomfort.

And to be honest, most actors are incredibly solipsistic.

If you can ask a young man to give his life for his country, you can lead people.