Quotes About Interpretation

I want you to have all the academic freedom you want as long as you wind up saying the bible account (of creation) is true and all others are not.

You can't take a play someone has directed and do whatever you want with it.

Sometimes you make a record that is what you want to hear. I've made a couple of those, idealized creations of what I wanted to hear. Then there are records that are what you feel.

People respond differently to the same image and put on what they want or hope or feel onto that image.

To me, it's all about the song. Songs are what make me excited. You hear a great song and you want to record it or get a great idea and you want to write it.

A recurring dream probably merits close attention. Something wants you to pay attention.

People want to find a 'meaning' in everything and everyone. That's the problem - there is no meaning in everything.

We actors can't say every line as if it has weight, but what we want to do is be true to the meaning of each line, whatever it is. Even the lines that are throwaway may come back later.

I'm inspired by looking at art, by looking at precedent. Looking is what you have to do if you want to make things, so you develop a critical eye.

I don't read memoirs. But if you write a memoir, I would think you'd want people to know, "O.K., look, I've taken some liberties here." It's just a matter of being open with your readers.

You can make Jesus however you want. I think it's beautiful that there is no specific type, you can imagine whatever you want.

I don't *ever* write about real people. Art is supposed to be better than that. If you want a slice of life, look out the window.

Everyone can do a character the way they want to do it, unless the director tells them not to, which isn't very common. I like to do my characters, if it's not specific in the script, as myself.

As an actor, you can steer a scene in another direction by playing it a little differently. And honestly? I like being an actor, and I want to keep having a career.

As convenient as that would be to make it easier to communicate with more prolific musicians, I don't want to think of music like a math equation.

If I am lucky and find material that is interesting to me, I want to make it.

Being a musician, you want to be able to do the hardest stuff there is. People would think it's classical, but in classical, it's all on the page and the difficulty is keeping up with the music.

With modeling, you are the client and you give them what they want... with music, it is all about you, people are buying into you as a person.

No matter the truth, people see what they want to see.

Dear friends, whenever you want to understand a text of Scripture, try to read the original

I love it when people want to interpret my books.

I think people hear the question they want to hear.

If I remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to convey information. Language or writing is a code

I know it's a lot of fun for you guys to write a lot of wacky things. Go ahead, if you want to. Get creative. But don't look too much into it.