I don't believe in an afterlife. I don't believe in a single or multiple godhead. I respect people who do, but I don't believe it myself.
Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids.
We all know that girls who compete in sports perform better in school, are physically healthier and have a stronger self-esteem.
I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.
My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better.
The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality.
Personally, I think it is possible to build a society that is moral on a nonreligious basis, but the jury is still out on that.
The members of such a society consider that the transgression of a religious ordinance should be punished by civil penalties, and that the violation of a civil duty exposes the delinquent to divine correction.
I argued that the Bush administration, and the Coalition officials more recently, didn't understand Iraqi society. They thought it was a blank slate, that they could use Iraqis as guinea pigs.
I started out as a high school teacher in inner-city Chicago and realized quite quickly that my students weren't that motivated.
When I first read 'Lord of the Rings,' I wanted to see a film of it. But at that time, the technology wasn't there; there was no such thing as CGI.
To discover your mission and put it into action - instead of worrying on the sidelines - is to find peace of mind and a heart full of love.
I love the way soft white cheese such as ricotta or the creamier mascarpone reflect the milieu in which an animal has been raised.
I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
It is very clear that voice communications is moving on to the Internet. In the end, the price that anyone can provide for voice transmission on the Net will trend toward zero.
Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.
There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
Men are often a lot less vindictive than women are, because we are rejected constantly every day.
I would like to see a fierce Fantasia mixed with Blade Runner, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars all in one. That's the kind of movies I want to make.
Praise the Lord, but do me a favor, don't ever say 'Stephen Baldwin' and 'ministry' in the same sentence. I make movies, and in Hollywood, that's career suicide.
A truth discovered always seems so plain and simple that we wonder why the discovery was so long delayed.
