Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society.

The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise; they keep it inside. They don't want anybody to know about them.

The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself.

This devil loves mankind because men are going to always make the choice that will send him into ascendancy. He's been winning the game for a long time.

My creative partner is a writer, and he's got an executive producing credit on this film. We've made three films together and I would never underestimate the impact of a writer.

But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.

It was the era of Tab Hunter and Rock Hudson; they all had a certain look.

It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.

But a writer's contribution is literary and a film is not literary. When you take that stuff off the page, and cast the people who are going to fit into those roles, that's what being a director is.

But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films.

Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance.

Lay down your cynicism, and believe in the transformational power of love.

Our values are as a result of the information you respond to on regular basis.

Wisdom of the Ages: "Ski-ing" The act of visiting Polish people.

Taking joy in life is a woman's best cosmetic.

If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.

It is always more difficult to fight successfully against Faith than against knowledge.

[Exorcist ] is given all of us a great opportunity to show something new on network TV, in terms of the quality of it. It feels much bigger than a network show.

God has never given a dream that could be fulfilled at step one. So start walking, be obedient, and watch God fulfill that dream in your life.

I'm proud of what I look like. I'm proud that I look like my mom.

A frightful dialect for the stupid, the pedant and dullard sort.