So that, to me, is important that audiences are treated with an amount of respect toward their intelligence. Most Hollywood films don't respect their intelligence.

You can't do psychological thrillers. There's no audience. I've heard this. I've heard this from studios.

I think American cinema, particularly, has become so disposable. It's not even cinema, It's just moviemaking.

The films that have influenced me and the films that have motivated me and inspired me were films that resonated, films that made me think after I saw them.

I don't see me doing $100 million films because $100 million films, the very nature of them, you need to offend as few people as possible just to make your money back.

I think that you make the best choice with the information that you have before you at that given time.

Regardless of what people ultimately think about Crazy As Hell, It's not the type of film that, ten minutes after seeing it, you're only focused on what you want to eat.

Art should offend people because art should challenge people.

Well that's the point: People don't normally take away things from films anymore. You go and see a $100 million film, half an hour later, your biggest concern is what are you going to be eating.

Before we come to Christ, we must come to ourselves.

Prayer honors God acknowledges His being exalts His power adores His providence secures His aid.

I feel like I'm a better person when I'm quieter.

Bring the viewer to your side, include him in your thought. He is not a bystander. You have the power to increase his perceptions and conceptions.

I just feel like history is very much alive and important and I don't, you know, I can't worry about whether people get it or not, per se.

I don't think I've ever tried to be anything other than a weirdo.

A woman in love will do almost anything for a man, except give up the desire to improve him.

I've got a great wife, a great life.

I am still suffering from my experience in Rwanda, I never know when I'm going to drive my car off a bridge, or just decide to take my life.

My final historical romance came out December 2005. While I enjoyed writing medieval romances, I was also dying to write something with more edge.