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It was hard for my friends to equate me with a picture like 'The Omen.'

- David Seltzer

Me, Like, Equate, Omen

I think it's time to explore our relationship to the hereafter and the now and determine whether or not there is a part mankind can play at this time to forestall the nuclear bubble breaking and the world coming to an end.

- David Seltzer

Play, Think, I Think, Hereafter

If one wants to talk about the end of the world, the apocalypse, you're talking about the world itself. It's not Southern California breaking into the sea. The story is global, and it requires that kind of approach.

- David Seltzer

Kind, Southern, About, Apocalypse

I think the success of any movie is dependent upon it being a singular vision.

- David Seltzer

Vision, Think, I Think, Dependent

I'm a real soft, sentimental guy who dreams up decapitations.

- David Seltzer

Dreams, Real, Guy, Sentimental

I'm not afraid to say 'Jesus Christ,' and I'm not afraid to speak of those who worship him. After all, Jesus preached about love.

- David Seltzer

Love, Jesus Christ, Christ, Worship

I have an imagination that will go in any direction it is prodded. I pride myself on being able to become enthusiastic about anything: If you tell me to write a screenplay about cucumber farms, I'll swallow hard, and in 48 hours, I'll be in love with cucumber farms.

- David Seltzer

Love, Tell, About, Cucumber

Teenagers have no advocate. I think any other minority so maligned by Hollywood would have pickets around the theater saying, 'We are not just idiots.'

- David Seltzer

Think, Other, I Think, Minority

I would say it's not as hard as writing, because when you're a writer, you walk right into the pit all by yourself, but when you're a director, there are at least 80 people who scream, 'Don't do that!' when you make a mistake.

- David Seltzer

Scream, Least, Would, Pit

I've always been a dog owner, from the time I was a little boy in Chicago.

- David Seltzer

Always, Been, Owner, Chicago

We shot 'Lucas' in 42 days; that's a lot of filming.

- David Seltzer

Days, Lot, Lucas, Filming

There is an inalienable law. Whenever a character on screen pities himself, the audience stops pitying him. They will cry so long as the character doesn't.

- David Seltzer

Law, Audience, Will, Inalienable

I think people wanted to see some specificity in faith on TV.

- David Seltzer

Think, See, Some, Specificity

When a man tries to communicate with an animal, there's a relationship between them, and you generally find this between the dog and his master.

- David Seltzer

Communicate, Them, Tries, Master

I don't see myself as having a dark side.

- David Seltzer

See, Side, Having, Dark Side

When you watch television shows, as good as they are, like 'Joan of Arcadia' and 'Touched by an Angel,' everything is this kind of mishmash of faith but not any specific religion.

- David Seltzer

Like, Touched, Joan, Television Shows

I want to encourage the non-star, low-profile film, and maybe we've got a chance.

- David Seltzer

Chance, Want, Maybe, Encourage

I'm not afraid to use Christ as an icon.

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Afraid, Christ, Use, Icon

My role model, my idol, was Francois Truffaut.

- David Seltzer

Role Model, Role, Model, Idol

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