[Zwarte Piet] is unfortunate, and just like the early American blackface films, if it offends a segment of the population, it shouldn't be shown again.

I mentioned before, these [classic Disney films] are classic mythological tales, a hero's journey, and have been told for thousands of years. Disney has updated them, and made them accessible for us.

There is much institutionalized racism in The Netherlands and the non-White population is just now beginning to fight for their rights.

While growing up, I lived in my own fantasy world. I had kind of a rough childhood, so I created my own reality.

That is what I was more drawn to - creating stories while changing and altering reality.

I didn't have a lot of exposure to films as a kid, and I never went to the cinema. I had a single mom who just planted me in front of the television.

The relationship between a director and an editor in documentaries is so important.

Owen [Suskind], in a sense, grew up on a diet of myth and fable, and has become an expert on their themes, which contain a moral guide that connects people.

Uganda can greatly benefit from American evangelicals if they separate the Scott Lively extremists from the Rick Warren-type of moderate evangelicals.

I saw footage of a well-known pastor holding a Bible and saying, "This book says homosexuals should be killed."

Someone told me once that I'm worse than a dog, I'm the scum of the earth, so for me it was draining.

You have to feel the mix and you have to feel the work and the sweet somehow which somebody is investing in that moment in the way that you can really feel the passion.

Use your strength, but always remember that any strengthmay become a weakness.

I'm right next to two beautiful women right now, so I'm going to sit right back down.

The scientific process has two motives: one is to understand the natural world, the other is to control it.

People are renovating places and opening ambitious new venues. That's one thing that music does. It gets people out of their houses, and gets them hanging out together.

I give my all to live a life that is worthy of the favor I have received. I don't always hit the mark, but I continue to press towards it each day. New mercies every morning... Give thanks for that.

The last thing you want to do is shoot 80 wearing 'tartan troosers'.

The semi-colon is a burp, a hiccup. It's a drunk staggering out of the saloon at 2 a.m., grabbing your lapels on the way and asking you to listen to one more story.

Don't be afraid of the darkness; just carry a light with you!

Someday a computer will give a wrong answer to spare someone's feelings, and man will have invented artificial intelligence.