Revisionism is a healthy historiographical process, and no one, not even revisionists, should be exempt from it.

Stalin’s postwar goals were security for himself, his regime, his country, and his ideology, in precisely that order.

It is worth starting with visions, though, because they establish hopes and fears. History then determines which prevail.

Only a few of us are going to be willing to break our own hearts by trading in the living beauty of imagination for the stark disappointment of words.

Hasten slowly.

From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.

Every Great Story deserves a Great Ending and 'The Dark Knight Rises' is our Attempt to give that GREAT story, a GREAT ENDING.

Every new project I do is a new invention of myself and reinvigorates me as to why I love the industry.

Any time you try to apply conventional techniques to Donald Trump, you're going to be disappointed.

Usually the characters are where I start. Then I continually ask myself, 'What's the worst thing that could happen to this character?'

Ford O'Connell, the guy in the sound bite we just played, he's the guy who said that nominating a conservative presidential candidate would just postpone the GOP nightmare.

Innocence as we understand it in our culture is very theatrical. The flip side is, if youre charming enough, you can get away with anything.

I can't speak for other people, but for me, it never really worked to think something like, "What Beatle did she like in high school?" or those kinds of elaborate backstories.