I tend to watch a lot of lower-budget movies to find out what's doing down there and find out who's coming up.

I get so used to working with writers that my prime occupation is development.

Oddly enough, I find it quite engaging to be working with a female when I'm directing. It's kind of interesting.

The ego is there, but I'm learning to channel it.

When James Bond presses the watch and the car explodes, the writer doesn't go into the science of it. One should leave it to the leap of faith. I have tried to explain as much as possible, and what I can't, I have left it to people's imagination.

When I first got into the major label system, they were like, 'Hey, you're great - now write with a million people so we can get songs.' That was something I hadn't done before, and the songwriters I was working with had worked on some massive numbers - like 'True Colours.' One of the guys wrote 'Livin On A Prayer.'

From the beginning, this has been a faith-based ministry.

Human nature must be changed if we are ever to have an end to war or to correct the wrong situations that make our lives uneasy and our hearts sore. Now Christianity, the power of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit of God, is the only force that can change people for good.