Mercy Watson was a character that had been in my head for a long time.

The only control you have over a movie is whether or not you decide to sell the rights.

I'm predisposed to think that as a people, we're hardwired to understand things through the telling of stories. I think that as human beings it's part of who we are.

You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next.

Life is hard. Life is beautiful. Life is difficult. Life is wonderful.

He was reading from the beginning so that he could get to the end, where the reader was assured that the knight and the fair maiden lived together happily ever after.

Men and boys always want to go fight. They are always looking for a reason to go to war. It is the saddest thing. They have this abiding notion that war is fun. And no history lesson will convince them differently.