When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'

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.

Don’t be bound by the past and its failures. But don’t forget its lessons either.

Three failures denotes uncommon strength. A weakling had not enough grit to fail thrice.

You want to embrace, but I can't figure out how to hold on to it.

I woke at intervals until . . . the intervals of waking tipped the scales, and I was more often awake than not.

I want to be a better person. I want to be a stronger person. I want to be someone who hurts less.

It's hard to make out the difference between insults and bad advice.

I think I would much rather push the boundaries of the degradation that the characters face.

The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.

Accept the risen Jesus into your life. Even if you have been far away, take a small step towards Him. He awaits you with open arms.

Words are daughters of earth but ideas are sons of heaven.