“Make films whenever and however you can – don’t take no for an answer.”

The irony is palpable – technical access has never been greater, cultural access never weaker.

We are increasingly offered a diet [by Hollywood] in which sensation, not story, is king.

I think that stories, and the telling of stories, are the foundations of human communication and understanding.

Making a big commercial movie is hard when you think about how many of them flop.

Human beings have always told their histories and truths through parable and fable. We are inveterate storytellers.

If children all over the country are watching films, asking questions and telling their stories, then the world will eventually be a better place.

People have a right to have their lives witnessed; if we coexist with the systems that abuse people, then we have a duty to understand.

So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!

I did not know that children think the hard questions they ask are easy and thus expect easy answers to them, and that they are disappointed when they get cautious, complex answers.

I have nothing to hide. I am a servant of the living God. He is the only one I answer to.

The value of the security analyst to the investor depends largely on the investor’s own attitude. If the investor asks the analyst the right questions, he is likely to get the right or at least valuable answers.

Finger pointing does not provide answers to grieving relatives

There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions.

Alpha was the best thing I ever did. It helped answer some huge questions and to find a simple empowering faith in my life.

Sometimes I have young comics that ask me, “What should I do when I meet an agent or a manager and they ask me stuff?” And I say, “Well, they always usually ask, ‘Where do you see yourself in five years, 10 years, 15 years?’ And it’s good to have an answer for that.”