As a parent, your perspective of childhood is through the eyes of this person that you care so much about and you just want the world to be great for them. You want their life to be easy and happy.

I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past.

Even in this world where you’re getting everything you need and having this nice life, there’s still loneliness and longing and disconnection.

I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be invisible.

Don't differentiate between 'This is a job' and 'This is what I'm doing for fun.' It's all simultaneous.

You make a movie that is about what you want it to be about and let people have their reaction to it.

The things that are really out of control, and scary, are emotions - of people around you, that are unpredictable, or those in yourself which are unpredictable.

If I leave my phone in the car and go to dinner or something for a few hours, I'm very proud of myself.

The past is just a story we tell ourselves.

Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.

Be willing to get fired for a good idea.

You know, considering your IQ, you're really socially retarded sometimes.

The power of fiction is a great thing. But, after all, reality is just a little more important.

I am constantly reminded that we are a products of the choices we make

I've been told I'm a good midcareer manager.

Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods, due to the historical and geographical extensions of culture to which I have referred.

It's hard to stay calm when you're terrified, helpless, alone, at the mercy of men with no mercy at all.

Jesus, I live for Thee, I labor for Thee, I desire only Thee. Thou in me and I in Thee; Thou with me and I with Thee; Thou all mine and I all Thine.

Suffering is due entirely to clinging or resisting. It is a sign of our unwillingness to move on, to flow with life

Grammar is...the pole you grab to get your thoughts up on their feet and walking.

I didn't always have 14,000 people wanting to hang out with me on a Saturday night.