"As any artist can tell you, it is easier to reach perfection than to stop there."

“I do think a lot of sexual violence stems from experiences in childhood or at puberty. Some people become sadistic after suffering early abuse at the hands of parents, relatives or friends. But for others, the seed is planted in the formative years by the conflation of images of violence with those of sexual arousal. Magazines, TV shows and, especially, slasher movies are masters at doing this.”

“God does not have to come and tell me what I must do for Him; He brings me into a relationship with Himself where I hear His call and understand what He wants me to do, and I do it out of sheer love to Him... When people say they have had a call to foreign service, or to any particular sphere of work, they mean that their relationship to God has enabled them to realize what they can do for God.”

“When people access the use of force for the threat of violence they have, by definition, a new political power. An unwanted political power.”

Source : Source: motherboard.vice.com

“When you kill somebody in the movies, it matters, whereas in literature it can be allegorical.”

“Science fiction isn’t just thinking about the world out there. It’s also thinking about how that world might be—a particularly important exercise for those who are oppressed, because if they’re going to change the world we live in, they—and all of us—have to be able to think about a world that works differently.”

“I have spent too much time with my eye glued to the viewfinder and ended up missing both the image of the mind and that on film.”

“The true wealth of a community is measured by how carefully it listens to its women and how sincerely it values their wisdom. Empowering women empowers us all.”

“I've been doing a lot of music for films and television for quite a few years.”

Source : Interview with Art Connor, www.tbolin.com. February 7, 2001.