Writing is a solitary existence. Making a movie is controlled chaos - thousands of moving parts and people. Every decision is a compromise. If you're writing and you don't like how your character looks or talks, you just fix it. But in a movie, if there's something you don't like, that's tough.

Language can be very adept at hiding the truth.

Knowledge grows exponentially. The more we know, the greater our ability to learn, and the faster we expand our knowledge base.

So long as they speak your name, you shall never die.

The power of human thought grows exponentially with the number of minds that share that thought.

Misunderstanding a culture's symbols is a common root of predujice.

Soon you will lose everything you hold most dear.