Si conocieseis al Conde Olaf y éste de repente os sirviese el desayuno, ¿no temeríais que contuviese algo terrible, como veneno o cristal hecho añicos?
There are two kinds of fears: rational and irrational- or in simpler terms, fears that make sense and fears that don't.
Is it useful to feel fear, because it prepares you for nasty events, or is it useless, because nasty events will occur whether you are frightened or not?
I know that I cannot be with a person for three hours without saying at least ten things that would kill me.
A staple of my personality is that I want what I want - and I'm willing to do without until I get it.
No Roman ever was able to say, 'I dined last night with the Borgias'.
It's not the Jews that killed Christ. It was a political situation, and it was the Romans who killed Jesus. They put Jesus on the cross, not the Jews.
I got to have a TV show that really was the talk of the nation for a while there. So I'm a very lucky guy.
For me, 'The Kite Runner' became about a guy who's emotionally shut down because he hasn't confronted his past.
'Twin Peaks' is a continuing story; that comes from David Lynch and myself.
When we were making the movie, winning awards for it wasn't the point at all. We didn't even have an American distributor.
As a Christian, we can't stand on the sidelines with no team jersey or team colors to show our allegiance to Christ.
Though monetary compensation may never add up, teachers can rest assured that they are important.
Those who operate through the Holy Spirit are more equipped to resist temptation.
Not to be harsh, but why do we care so much about celebrity acceptance of Christian beliefs?
Somehow many have fallen into the belief that being a Christian is supposed to be a cake-walk. It's not.
I am, at the end of the day, a guy who loves story.
I found Mick Jagger... very bright. I always liked him very much and still do.
Think of a musical as a string of pearls. If you don't have a string, you can't put the pearls around your neck.
A film must have two elements - it must deal with the real world and show how it could be made better.
People can be ignorant and still have loving, human qualities.
