Personally, I read a lot of scripts.

I like to create an atmosphere where actors feel safe enough to take risks.

I love 'The Stand;' I read it when I was a kid - it was one of my favorite books when I was growing up. I love Stephen King; I think he's a remarkable writer.

You never want to be the director who dropped the ball, you know?

In an ideal world, I'd bounce between big projects and no-budget TV dramas with fantastic scripts.

I'm a Harry Potter fan.

I like happy sets. Happy sets are good, and I think people feel comfortable on them.

Sometimes I hear the echo of your voice in an empty hall and it reminds me that you're gone.

Jesus has entrusted His message of salvation to His followers. Faithfully share the message!

I have no God to hold me up. And I believe that when they shatter the body they shatter everything, and I knew that all of us—Christians, Muslims, atheists—lived in this fear of this truth.

Doom very evenly! Do not doom one doom to the rich; another to the poor! Nor doom one doom to your friend; another to your foe!

The book [ One Thousand Gifts] took just over a year to write, on the fringe hours, early and late, around home educating 6 kids and farming and blogging.

put on the livery of the best master only to serve the worst.

We can only learn from mistakes, by identifying them, determining their source, and correcting them... people learn more from their own mistakes than from the successes of others.

So many (too many) books are published every year, and it seems everyone is writing a book. Perhaps we should all be reading more and writing less!

Lloyd Richards is another director who was like that, who was a teacher.

the ruder lecturers are, and the louder their voices, the more converts they make to their opinions.