Everyone has a little bit of Howard and Chad in them. I think there's Christine in all men as well.

My business is can I create a world that's possible and could happen? I think that's the only thing that I have to do, and I think that I have done that each time.

I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction.

We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling.

There is a lot of absurdity sometimes, not just in Mormonism but often in other religions that want to pretend that no bad happens in their church, rather than taking care of what bad does happen.

I'm more than open to hope, but I think men and women have a difficult time dealing with each other and often take the low road.

Just in the past few years - since I've been making movies, which isn't a very long time - you now have a culture that is fascinated and informed about the box office in a way that sometimes filmmakers weren't even.