If you just work on your craft hard, that's your only hope of doing anything worthwhile.

The investigation of consciousness has come to be regarded suspiciously by most smart people and by most scientists. That's a legacy that began with the Inquisition, which considered non-Christian spiritual inquiry as blasphemous.

It's not easy to follow Jesus' example, and if you go to church it doesn't mean you're automatically doing it.

I think if religion closes discussion or exchange of ideas or curiosity about other views, it's not true to its core.

What we assert, very often can become our reality. To some degree, everybody can try to shape and control their fate. Everybody picks an identity.

There's always hope. Never give up. Walk slowly and drink lots of water. It ain't a sprint.

It's my experience that endings are never easy, and I think I'm not alone among filmmakers or writers in this.