Giannine--What are they going to do: smack me on the head with a pamplet?
Some people are genetically programmed to be difficult.
It is a conviction that war is not an answer to human conflict any more than cannibalism is an answer to human hunger.
Then there is the worst part of Christianity, which is awful: power, corruption, manipulation. . . But then again, these feature are ever present in any organization.
The problem with Bush is that yes, he's religious in a fundamentalist sort of way, they read the Old Testament as a sort of charter for the chosen people to do what they like.
I want to be optimistic because I don't think man is intrinsically violent.
If we are really anxious not to have nuclear weapons in Iran, the first thing is to call an international conference on abolishing all nuclear weapons, including Israeli nuclear weapons.
If I had admitted my guilt, it would have been the same as putting my head on the chopping block - lifetime ban. Death penalty. I spent my entire life on the baseball fields of America, and I was not going to give up my profession without first seeing some hard evidence. . . right or wrong, the punishment didn't fit the crime, so I denied the crime.
When you have your chance to make a film, don't focus on pleasing everyone. I think the goal is to live in that sweet spot where you focus on making a good film and you have fun with your collaborators, but you don't waste your energy chasing approval every which way. When you have a vision and a good story and you've managed to raise funding, it is your approval as a director that everyone should be seeking. It's very simple.
That is, sir, there can only be communication, communion, when you and I are on the same level, and with the same intensity, at the same time.
Having borne arms against the Russians in Afghanistan for 10 years, we think our battle with the Americans will be easy by comparison and we are now more determined to carry on until we see the face of God.