Sometimes you go against what they say because you believe in it anyway.

Your favorite story, whatever it might be, was written for one reader

I like to write about love plus an obstacle. Not a really big obstacle; not too serious and not too funny. Just somewhere nicely in between - a combination of the two.

You want to surround yourself with people who are as dedicated to their discipline as you are to yours and let them do what they do.

Believe me, you can be in the middle of a beautiful take and the next thing you know you're awash in people crossing the street. You can't even find your actors.

It's funny when you put music up against picture, and all your preconceptions go away, and you start over. You just realize that that doesn't work at all.

There are people who are put on this earth to do everything.

I knew I wanted to work in Cinemascope because I find it much more beautiful just in terms of the shape of the screen, the wider image, and it's also less like television, which is important.

I think everybody has a little rule follower and a little rule breaker in them.

It's always hard, but it's always fun to attack a premise that you think is interesting. It does take a few drafts for sure.

Truth and trust are the means by which civilization holds off barbarism.

There is nothing more pathetically sad than a parent who teaches a child not to hit by spanking them. Well, that, and adults who think hitting someone will solve a problem.

It is the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to contribute.

What I think of blogs is just this: Some are beautifully written and many are not. But even blogs that aren't necessarily "well" written are great for the person writing them.

Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, and paradise is when you have none.

You probably love to tell kids to get off your lawn, too.

If Jesus is here we are going to walk out of this place to live our lives to the glory of God the Father.

love is dangerous for your tiny heart even in your dreams so please dream softly

My goal is to end mass incarceration and change the laws to stop locking up low-level, nonviolent drug charges. Stop charging drug addicts as criminals.

I love moving through long spaces and being enclosed.