Noah Quotes

Cyber war takes place largely in secret, unknown to the general public on both sides.

It's kind of major, learning to drive. I feel like it kicked up other stuff in my life.

Being funny, in some ways, is about being connected to psychology.

To me that's what art is about - when you don't really have any control over your desires to do it.

God warned me. He told me to build a boat.

There is nobody else for me, and I don't want anybody else

Hope for the best and make peace with the rest.

The biblical story of Noah can be found in the book of Genesis.

If an invisible man catches on fire, can you see him burn?

I'm comfortable with morally gray.

I'm not part of any organization that has initials.

I'll just be out in the shed.

I always viewed life as material for a movie.

I think I've always been drawn to the notion of talk as cinematic.

I'm interested in the way major events don't necessarily announce themselves as major events. They're often little things - the drip, drip of life that changes people or affects people.

I think all my movies are about transitions to some degree.

I do like having books on my shelves. I do value that life.

When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right.

I used a video camera, and shot on film cameras at school and stuff, but I had a lot more training as a writer. I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.

Manhattan is so tailored. It's driven by appealing to the very wealthy and tourists.

I try to write 'and it's all very funny' after each scene description so that the reader can imagine the movie in their head.

I like to have memories of a place. It brings something extra. I'm not even sure what it is. I mean, it's the same part of it as I like using friends in small parts or people I know or my doorman.

I was late to the Knicks. My dad was a big fan. But I first started watching baseball; I became a Red Sox fan. My dad was a Mets fan. I wanted to have my own team and league.

When I was a kid, I would fantasize about my own funeral.

Dance is a profession with an expiration date for many people.

I'm good with a grill. I like to make cheeseburgers - I once read in a David Goodis crime novel that you're only supposed to flip a burger once.

I'm a huge proponent of therapy and analysis, but it's something that, in a nonprofessional way, can be abused.

I've had times in my life when I really haven't been able to figure myself out.

My dad was a great movie companion. He wouldn't diminish 'The Jerk.' If I liked it, he liked it. He could see it through my eyes.

I guess I probably took New York for granted. Growing up, playing in the street, going down to the Avenue to the record store and to the grocery store and stuff like that.

I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.

I think anxiety is dangerous, but it makes you think it's your friend.

I made two movies very young, and then I had trouble getting a movie made, and so - which was both, I think, a plus and a minus. It was a minus because it made me unhappy.

You can be aware that something is idiosyncratic, and give it to a character, but keep doing it.

Other people have worked with big studios and maintained control over their movies. I see no reason why it wouldn't work for me.

There's something really vulnerable about playing something that you like for someone. You don't know what their reaction will be.

I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s.

When you're around your family, and you have that history and that shared language, you say things you'd be embarrassed to hear quoted back to you later.

It's nice being friends over a period of time with people whose music you like so much, or other filmmakers, seeing people change, go through trials

It's near impossible to make a movie in black and white in the system.

There are the people who overthink making mix CDs and playlists, and how that works generationally is all really interesting to me.

I don't agree with the idea that my characters are unlikeable.

I've always liked working with friends or, you know, people I have outside relationships with.

There's always some generational-guys-hanging-out movie that is made every few years, I think, and some of them are great.

I find a lot of writing happens when you're not actually at the computer. So I carry a notebook.

That's the nice thing about collaborating with someone: Your work becomes a conversation.

Adaptations are fun for me because they connect to the idea of filmmaking I had when I was a kid. I would see a movie and think: 'I'm gonna make that movie.'

It's always really special to be at the New York Film Festival, and always a real privilege.

I think I was going through a lot of change at 27, but I didn't know it was happening until it was over.

I like shooting in New York because I have such a connection to the city. I have so many memories there.