Christianity has been responsible for plenty of horror and death in the world, all supposedly in God's name.

The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. That's how I feel now, no matter what you're doing.

Anything you could ever want or be you already have and are.

The holy trifecta of directing and filmmaking is character emotion, camera movement and music. When you hit those three, that's magical. That's what I'm trying to do.

I got put on jury duty, which is where I learned how to write.

There's nothing better than an actor who is really, really hungry to show everything they've got.

You know, veterans come home and they may not be bipolar, but after they've been through a war with PTSD or a head injury, their families have a handful when they come home.

That's just how I see things. I think things that are the most dramatic or tragic can also look the most ridiculous and funny. That's part of being human.

The idea that anyone would think their religious ideas make them morally superior is just preposterous.

The gift of life is the gift to suffer sometimes and to embrace it, heartbreak and all.

What do we have in life, really? If we're lucky we get to a certain age, and we have each other. We have the food we like. We have our crazy little rituals. And we have each other.

Ben wore the same goofy smile as in the photo. Take that, new guy! I can make him happy too!

Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth can not be produced by human institutions.

The quality of mainstream cinema has changed. A lot of independent voices feel they can leave everything behind and make independent films.

When you open box after box of old comics and they're ALL "Archie," you have suffered a trauma from which it is difficult to ever recover.

Making one person smile can change the world - maybe not the whole world, but their world.

The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.

I'm attracted to images that come from a personal exploration of a subject matter. When they have a personal stamp to them, then I think it becomes identifiable.

After desolation, grief brings back our humanity.

For some strange reason we don't go to charming, light movies anymore. People expect a movie to be heavy and turgid, like "American Beauty." We've become a heavy-handed society.

You feel quite strangely secure [doing any kind of series]. It's the opposite of how you're supposed to feel doing a movie.