When I was a kid, I was afraid of large group of conforming people.

You know, when you're isolated on set for like a month, people like to get rowdy.

The way brainwashing works is subtle and takes a long time.

The trappings of a religious cult tend to fall into candlelit ceremonies and robes and group chanting and singing and prayer.

What I learned from directing, I learned from soccer, where it's like a coach-player relationship.

When people leave cults, they don't know that they left a cult.

When I hire actors I believe in their abilities.

When you write, no matter what, it ends up personal.

You can't write something to please someone.

A big fear of working with an actor that's never been a lead in a film before is that you're going to have to work really hard to pull a performance out of her.

In editing, it's amazing how you choose the in and out points. What you cut on is everything for creating tension. It's amazing how expanding a shot by five seconds can just ruin the tension.

One of the most lucrative privileges of an empty handed is the easiness to embrace wholeheartedly!

Government is a gun that shoots money at your enemy and blows up in your face.

We attract vibrations which are in harmony with the dominating vibrations of their mind.

Would you like to feel a calm confidence when you walk into a room full of strangers, knowing that you can start new a conversation with anyone?

Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.

I love the U.K. It's so different over there from America, you know, the culture and stuff. It's pretty awesome.

Sometimes, in difficult circumstances, one can confuse compassion with love.

The unexpected connection is more powerful than one that is obvious.

The road to hell is paved with leeks and potatoes

Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds