One faces the future with one's past.

When men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place.

Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.

Like Confucius of old, I am so absorbed in the wonder of the earth and the life upon it, that I cannot think of heaven and the angels.

I grew up on romantic comedies and love watching those films. They were, like, a real joy and a source of great pleasure and an escape.

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

I wanted Jesus in 'A.D.' to be very, very, very human - to have those qualities of vulnerability and doubt and pain and sadness and loneliness. Once the resurrection happens and we see that Jesus has risen, it's almost complete, right? It's all about the joy and the smile and the happiness and the closeness to the disciples.

Where fear is, happiness is not.