Quotes About Connection

I don't think it's an accident who our parents are; I believe we choose them. So maybe I chose my parents in order to effect change.

I chose to stay close with my family and my parents and my brother.

I chose Napoli with my heart.

Chris Corso became a friend several years ago, I've always loved his restaurants.

Christ is born into the world through each of us.

I save every Christmas card. I keep them all.

I came out to my dad in Christmas of '94.

I'm a strong nonbeliever in the Christmas letter where you don't really read it because it's just full of kind of meaningless information. It doesn't really resonate to the person reading it, but it means so much to the person that wrote it.

One of the secrets of 'A Christmas Story' is that it's a relatable story. They feel like our family.

Christopher Daniels does not do Facebook. I have a Facebook page but I very rarely use it, because I don't go on the computer a lot at home.

We all know that a church is not a building.

House music is like going to church - it touches you. There's something really magical about it that pulls you in, and you just want to keep learning more about it.

I enjoy going to church.

I love Cincinnati, and I want to be there.

The people in Cincinnati have gotten to know me.

Cinema for me only has meaning when it has a relationship with what I see outside on the street.

I want to do stories that really move me, that have an audience, and at the end of the day, I want people to feel something when they walk out of the cinema.

I think cinema is linked to literature by a lot of social ways. Our brains are full of literature - my brain is.

It is important to have a circle of Christians friends, which I do have.

Most people think it's a linear relationship: I speak, you listen. Actually, it's a circle, because the way you listen affects how I speak, and the way I speak affects the way you listen.

I think it's very important that I don't lose my circle of friends and the people who helped me get to where I am now.

When you're in a friend circle, you all kind of talk the same way. And it's hard to do on-the-fly radio edits of yourself.

You know you've come full circle when you're working with Charo.

My family has always been my circle. I know it might sound kind of weird, but if you know a little bit about me, you'd understand.