35 Quotes by Dave Cullen

One thoughtful Evangelical pastor said he approved of using the massacre for recruitment, as long as it was truly done for God. He bristled at "spiritual headhunters, just racking up another scalp. The Bible was never meant to be a club," he said. "If I'm using it as a weapon, that's really sad.

What good were special talents when there was no one to share them with?

The final portrait is often furthest from the truth.

The goal with hostages is to gradually lower expectations; in nonhostage crises, it's to lower emotions.

You can't really teach a kid anything: you can only show him the way and motivate him to learn it himself.

Reverend Don Marxhausen disagreed with all the riffs on Satan. He saw two boys with hate in their eyes and assault weapons in their hands. He saw a society that needed to figure out how and why - fast. Blaming Satan was just letting them off easy, he felt, and copping out on our responsibility to investigate. The "end of days" fantasy was even more infuriating.

Civilians always believe a good psychopath.

I think most fans of the film were stunned by the best-picture surprise.

Members of our forum are an amazingly disparate group who simply want people to see the film and feel its power. Some of our most active members are grandmothers and over a third of forum members are women.