We all know that the un-examined life is not worth living (socrates). But if all you are doing is examining, you are not living.

The one thing that cannot be outsourced is creativity. We have to find ways to support creative people because the only way we are going to improve our laws... is by creating our way out of it.

You can shoot and edit a movie from your iPhone and upload it to YouTube. Of course, what's not universal is talent. Are you making anything that anyone really should see?

The unexamined life is not worth living. But if all you're doing is examining, then you're not living!

How do I get it made? How do I get it seen? How do I get it in front of the people I want to serve?

The one word you should forget when you start a new project is the word 'I' - you need to replace that word 'I' with the idea of 'everybody else.

Bravery in not the absence of fear

It's okay to be impatient. As long as you show your patience on the outside.

The beauty about being a producer is you sit there, and you explore ideas which become a passion, which slowly becomes a reality.

A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention of speech.

If you notice any of the press from when I was with the show, I would always deny it being the year 3000.

Death is the room that is always empty.

You have to treat every hour of television you're given like a $100 million movie, and with 'A.D.,' we stepped it up even a stage further.

In truth I care little about any party's politics—the man behind it is the important thing.

nd the reason is is if you put a backdoor in, hackers can presumably get a hold of that backdoor as well and break it open. So you make systems less secure for everyone if you do that.

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.