The picture's over. Now I have to go and put it on film.

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

I have a feeling that inside you somewhere,there's somebody nobody knows about

The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say.

There is something more important than logic: imagination

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.

A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.

Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.

Mystery is an intellectual process... But suspense is essentially an emotional process.

I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.

There is no need to worry about where you currently stand in life, if you are constantly pushing yourself to see how far you can go.

I love opera, I love writing for the voice, I love telling stories with music.

My biggest mentor is myself because I've had to study, so that's been my biggest influence.

I love child things because there's so much mystery when you're a child.

The right circumstances sometimes happen of their own accord, slyly, without fanfare, without warning. Layman's alchemy. . . . The magic of everyday things.

Prayer is simply talking to God like a friend and should be the easiest thing we do each day.

It's an unusual situation for me to be working and making a living.

Nature has a great simplicity and therefore a great beauty.

Relationships are the core of our existence because they are the core of God's and we are in His image.

A physician who treats himself has a fool for a patient.