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“When you love a teacher very much - as I did Olivier Messiaen - you do have to leave them.One of the things that separated me from Messiaen was my desire to create works with a big structure, a large symphonic sweep. His forms are wonderful, glorious mosaics, but again, I prefer narrative.”
Source : Source: www.sfgate.com
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“There is one sure way to identify your greatest potential for strength: Step back and watch yourself for a while. Try an activity and see how quickly you pick it up, how quickly you skip steps in the learning and add twists and kinks you haven't been taught yet. See whether you become absorbed in the activity to such an extent that you lose track of time. If none of these has happened after a couple of months, try another activity and watch-and another. Over time your dominant talents will reveal themselves, and you can start to refine them into a powerful strength.”
Source : Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton (2001). “Now, Discover Your Strengths”, p.31, Simon and Schuster
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“An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards.”
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“Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting”
Source : Interview with Christopher Kompanek, www.avclub.com. March 23, 2012. 
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“Bible study is essential to spiritual maturity.”
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“The trouble with Earl Barrett is that he's one paced .... Zooommmmm.”
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“If the only tool we use to analyse what's valuable is a price tag, then those things that don't have price tags begin to look like they have no value.”
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“Of all the reasons for wanting to write, the only one that nurtures us through time is love of the work itself.”
