There will always be a theatrical experience because there will always be cinemas no matter what. It's like there will always be theaters to have stage plays in.

Like all art forms, film is a media as powerful as weapons of mass destruction; the only difference is that war destroys and film inspires.

I don't believe that art makes people violent in any way. I don't. But I do believe art can show people how to be violent and that's much more dangerous in a way.

I think that I am a pornographer, meaning that I make movies based on what excites me and what I would like to see.

The artificial world that we create through images will essentially become real.

Cinema is mass media, it is both overtly gross and exciting. It is our great mirror of society.

Creativity is narcissism. Creativity is falling in love with one's self as you create. It's self-indulgent.

In a way, art is a great way to release your love, fantasy, and desires. It's like a fetish. It's a comfortable way of excising a lot of your conscience.

Look at the birth of anything; it's always more violent than anything you could ever imagine.

We live in a beauty-obsessed culture, which on one hand is absolutely fabulous, but on the flip side, is also dangerously extreme.

Understanding one's own power is more interesting than someone being given something powerful.

Nobody's happy. What's happy? Happiness is over when the lights come on

What is first?Love or life?Life or love?Intention or emotions?Emotions or intentions?

I don't take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, and when I am president, they won't find a job in my White House.

The young, in their innocence, are often wise and capable of teaching the old.

I'm not an improv guy. I'm not a nerd, I play one on television.

Man's record upon this wild world is the record of work, and of work alone.

No matter what the circumstances, we can be grateful that God fulfills His promises, that our faith is sufficient to sustain us, and that our eternal life is assured.

Gone, but not forgotten.

I'm too old to do crazy things anymore.

What matters most is not what I think I am or am not. What matters is what my Father sees in me and what He says about me.