Artists, like criminals, are dependent on a jury.

She is a wiry blanched creature with no beauty. Her expression reminds him of a crumpled letter – there is both sadness and anger in it.

He likes to think of himself as someone who can give quick clever answers to awkward questions. It is an important part of his self-esteem.

The act of creation, the impetus to undertake it, is always some kind of feeble attempt to understand one’s own creation, the nature of creation itself.

And who isn’t less innocent than they lead us to believe? That’s one of the fundamental truths about human nature.

I do not condemn any personal choices for intimate relationships. Love is love. I detest only the violence and trauma that any self-centered conduct can cause to others.

A hockey team is like a puzzle. Every piece is vital.

Paris is my favorite place in the world. I've never been there, at all... But I wanna live there, even though I've never been.

Pain can give you sight or make you blind.

I'm always involved with casting my movies. I have final word on it.

Why is there always one bloke in these boy bands who looks like he came to fix the boiler and somehow got bullied into joining the group?

Rejection process is not fun. It's the red pen on the page, the discarded sketch, sometimes is the only way forward.

Now I know I've got a heart because it is breaking. - Tin Man

Throw dirt on me, and grow a wild flower

Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie.