I always remembered that when I saw people get married they got on a rocketship and went to Planet Happiness, Population: Them.

I just like that dynamic in relationships in movies where they're kind of lovers as rivals, you know?

When you dont inherit an identity you have to define it on your own.

It's very important to keep the emotions grounded, to keep the characters in some real place.

Audiences can tell when you're being fake and they will eat you alive. But if you're doing something authentic they will connect to it and that can lead to commercial success.

Sundance is a really special place. They're very protective of movies, especially lower-budget movies.

There's a punk rock quality to Peter Parker, that I identified with when I read the comics [Spider-Man], and that I really liked. He has this chip on his shoulder.

When you have to react to a lizard that's a tennis ball, it's a really, really difficult, tricky piece of craft.

Something you can do in a comic that you can't do in a film is that you can have thought bubbles.

There's a bigger universe at hand.

Earnestness can ferment into sentimentality.

Most of what you do to fulfill God’s purposes will require acts of faith.

I've noticed it a lot. I'm not someone who revises. It's always the first movement, it's that. It's an instinct. Either it works straight away, or it won't ever work.

Katherine Heigl, she was exactly the opposite of what I thought she'd be like. She smokes cigarettes, or she did then, and she's got a truck-driver's mouth, and she's really funny.

But I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so much. You don't see them anymore.

You're not a little kid anymore. You need to make friends, get out of the house, and live your life.

My favorite body part of Kim's: heart.

those two wholesome defects of the French people, malice and curiosity, both of which are essential to its greatness.

Our Adonais has drunk poisonoh! What deaf and viperous murderer could crown Life's early cup with such a draught of woe?

If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z.

The sad part about happy endings is there's nothing to write about.