Be willing to get fired for a good idea.

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.

On everything I do I'm always taking someone's money, whether it's a movie studio or a record label. Somebody's paying for it, and I'm always respectful of that. But I'm never going to compromise.

Our reaction does not cancel the meaning of their existence because every creation serves a definite purpose

The universe knows my place in life much better than I do.

Placing blame was easier than adding up the mounting figures of what he'd lost.

Nobody can do as much damage to the church of God as the man who is within its walls, but not within its life.

I think La Liga is the best league in the world.

Instead of clearing his own heart the zealot tries to clear the world.

You can love someone with all your heart for all the right reasons, and in a moment they can choose to walk away. love 'em anyway.

Bold. Risky. Dramatic. I approve.

Nothing is true unless it works. And it has to work for you, not for someone else.

I think continually of those who were truly great...Born of the sun they traveled a short while towards the sun, and left the vivid air signed with their honor.