Meaningful Exploration Quotes

In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to tears.

Early on, I said to myself that I would like to write a kind of moral and spiritual history of a place. It sounds a little pretentious, I know. But that's really what I set for myself.

I'd rather pour myself into a world I love and understand than try to make something up out of nothing.

I want to make films without a single clear message, and films that are as close as possible to what it feels like to be alive. At least to me.

The heavy subject matter is the most fun stuff to work with. It's the meaty things, it's the things that you get to get stuck in.

To me, fiction is the single best way there is - to me, it's the most profound way - of dealing with questions that have no answers.

I'm not very interested in charting a day-to-day familiar reality. I'm always looking for territory in which to explore the BIG subjects, the life-or-death stories.

The challenge of our time is to find a journey worthy of your heart and your soul.

The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.

We no longer just take religious identity from our parents, so what's going on? Why are people going to this series, why are people reading so many books about religion? It's because they want answers. The answers are no longer just passed down from generation to generation. It's harder for people. In effect, you have to roll up your sleeve and ask the questions. But if you do it, if you forge your own identity, it can be much more personal and much more meaningful to you.