The bottom line is, I tend to be going back to older and older music.

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

As a child I had terrible asthma.

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

I love movies - it's my whole life, and that's it.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.

Always stay open to surprise.

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.

She (his future wife) was so deep into the Lord's presence that I felt like an outsider.

We don't posses time. But we can own whatever we do with it.

Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are wrong.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.

I was making almost minimum wage on 'The Young and the Restless.' But it was my first job, so I accepted my first quote. I had a great time on it, and it obviously led me to better things.

I always read the papers, the political bits.

I'm connected to both places because I already feel like New York is my home. But then again I feel like L.A. is my new home and Israel is my real home.

I went to the University of Life and was chucked out.

Lampis, the sea commander, being asked how he got his wealth, answered, "My greatest estate I gained easily enough, but the smaller slowly and with much labour.

Sometimes the intention is to shock us. But what is shocking first time around is boring and vacuous when repeated.