I think I could make the case for any kind of organized religion,but I'm not an expert in those, so let me narrow my focus to talk about Christianity.
Who you think you are is only a thought.
We have the freedom to excel or inhibit our potential. You are the grand designer of your thoughts and emotions. At some level or another you are the one who chooses which thoughts to accept and which ones to ignore. That can be a very empower realization.
The number one metaphor I have in my mind for writing a screenplay is that. . . you're trying to climb a mountain blindfolded. And the funny thing about that is, you think, 'Okay, that's hard because you're climbing up a rock face, and you don't know where you're going, and you don't know where the top is, you can't see what's below you. . . ' But actually the hardest part about climbing a mountain blindfolded is just finding the mountain.
In terms of writing characters or stories, at least initially, there's no difference between live-action and animation. A good story is a good story, whatever the medium.
It drives me crazy when people say, "All we're trying to do is create entertainment. " I feel like people go to movies for more than that.
Writing a great script - not just a good one, but a great one - is almost an impossible task.
Maybe the last human being on Earth won't die of starvation or exposure or as a meal of wild animals. Maybe the last one to die will be killed by the last one alive.
Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did.
What we try to do with all of our albums, is live out our musical fantasies in the most honest fashion we know how. . . We want to include songs that lyrically cover subjects ranging from the heaviest things we've ever done to light-hearted experiences that can best be presented through sentimental bluesy ballads that are usually good for a chuckle or two.
A saying from the area of Chinese medicine would be appropriate to mention here: "One disease, long life; no disease, short life. " In other words, those who know what's wrong with them and take care of themselves accordingly will tend to live a lot longer than those who consider themselves perfectly happy and neglect their weakness. So, in that sense at least, a Weakness of some sort can do you a big favor, if you acknowledge that it's there.