“Not all dreams are possible or realistic. When this happens you have to bade them farewell. This isn’t failure, but it’s a sign of maturity and learning on your part. All you need to do is rethink what you wanted to do, in the first place,and see what you can change.Then that is called determination and that, will lead to you having success.”

“I ask, ‘Is the cup half-empty or half-full?’ And when I ask that question, I am amazed at how many people have no cup.”

“Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both.”

“Life without any wonder left in it is flat and stale.”

“In my opinion, there are two things that can absolutely not be carried to the screen: the realistic presentation of the sexual act and praying to God.”

“To call yourself a ‘realistic’ person is intensely arrogant and conceited. If you do so, you implicitly claim that you are capable of understanding reality. And, is there a more arrogant person than the one who claims such an impermissible thing?”

“We do not create life, we create death.”

“What we like to think of ourselves and what we really are rarely have much in common….”