I think that you are only obliged to be a humorist from the age of 18 until you turn 30. Past the age of 30 I don't think there is any obligation to be clever at all.
It is because my roots are so strong that I can fly.
Never treat anything you do as a stepping stone. Do it fully, and follow it completely.
If we don't tell our own stories, no one else will.
Making films is about having absolute and foolish confidence; the challenge for all of us is to have the heart of a poet and the skin of an elephant.
What is really important to me is a sense of humour and a mischief about life. Life is just too boring otherwise.
We all know the power of film; we all know there's almost nothing more powerful than to see people on film that look and talk like you, like we do.
If we understand the dangers of materialism, it will help liberate us to experience the joys of Christ-centered stewardship. Jesus speaks of the "deceitfulness of wealth". The psalmist warns, "Though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them". The dangers of materialism are far-reaching. We should not think that we're immune to the value-changing nature of wealth.
I get up at 4:30 in the morning, seven days a week, no matter where I am in the world.
If you hold onto the beauty and inspiration and the clarity that is music, you will have an anchor, you will not be too far swayed by what the world is
Men must not only know, they must act.