I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.
Music runs through everything I do - I even think musically; even when I was acting, but, especially, when I am directing. Directing is very musical.
You can use songs, scriptures and godly pictures to chart your thought-course in the right direction.
Anything that's not positive, I don't have the energy to focus on it. Anything that's not going in the right direction, I don't have the time or the energy.
You always fall down in the direction of where you bend over.
We are all priests before God, there is no such distinction as 'secular or sacred.' In fact, the opposite of sacred is not secular; the opposite of sacred is profane. In short, no follower of Christ does secular work. We all have a sacred calling.
When you pray for what you most want in the world, its opposite comes along with it. I was given a woman whom I truly loved and who truly loved me. The opposite side of such a love is the pain of its loss. I can only feel such pain today because unti...
Nothing is not the opposite of everything, but a part of it.
The opposite of war is not peace, it's creation.
I don't think it's worth discussing new directions in the context of Chinese art - there were no old directions, either. Chinese art has never had any clear orientation.
People don't really have a relationship with great writing or great production or great art direction or great direction. They just sort of admire it.
Rule #1: Life is supposed to be fun!
Cause I'm Irish, and everyone remembers me.
And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.
I have actually directed over thirty plays and about one hundred commercials for cable TV, but have not yet had the opportunity to direct a feature film.
When you love you should not think you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
Energy can't be created or destroyed, and energy flows. It must be in a direction, with some kind of internal, emotive, spiritual direction. It must have some effect somewhere.
I like chatting with people. If people ask me a direct question, I give them a direct answer and I feel I've always done that with the press.
I never direct myself, because I don't like working with me. I would punch me in the mouth if I had to take my direction.
Directing was a natural thing for me. Actually, it was far less stressful directing than being the lead actor. I was able to have my input in all aspects of it.
Avon invented the concept of direct marketing and direct selling beauty. And that's still very valid to us. We'll have a firm that will be around for another 114 years as strongly as it was the first 114.