I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it.

You are what you love. Not what loves you.

I think of myself as a guy who tries to write screenplays and now has tried to direct one. Anything more than that is meaningless and it gets in the way of being a real human being.

I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.

The only honest and generous thing for me to do is to give people myself. That's all I've got as an artist, so I want to do that in an unflinching way.

The passionate ones, the ones who go after what they want, may not get what they want, but they remain vital, in touch with themselves, and when they lie on their deathbeds, they have few regrets.

Everything I've written is personal - it's the only way I know how to write.

You and I share the same DNA. Is there anything more lonely than that?

Why do I fall in love with every woman I see that shows me the least bit of attention?

Clementine: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon. Joel: I know. Clementine: What do we do? Joel: Enjoy it.

There are nearly thirteen million people in the world. None of those people is an extra. They're all the leads of their own stories. They have to be given their due.

Whoever loves much, performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

In God's garden even the weeds are beautiful.In my garden, I've only got weeds. I think they're a nuisance.

Everyone had a dirty, little secret that is never spoken out loud to anyone. Which is another way of saying people are never what they seem.

I think there was something about being in a tough environment that gave me a certain drive.

Love well, whip well.

The guitar," I said, "will only obey its master." "Yeah," Cole agreed, "but Grace isn't here." He grinned at me slyly.

I've hung out with Jay-Z a couple of times, and he was awesome.

The thing that is most interesting about people is the way they are when no one is looking at them or the way they are when they are in private.

He had grown up in a country run by politicians who sent the pilots to man the bombers to kill the babies to make the world safer for children to grow up in.

Victory is not final. Defeat is not failure. It's all about courage.