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

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.

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.

Do not simplify. Do not worry about failure. Failure is a badge of honour. It means you risked failure.

Greatness often demands great sacrifice.

Holding my hands in his, David kissed my knuckles before he swore to me, “I will love every day of the rest of my life.

The one phrase you can use is that success has a thousand fathers, and failure is an orphan.

The drunken politician leaps upon the street where mothers weep, and the saviors who are fast asleep, they wait for you.

Too many people write their blessings in the sand but engrave their sorrows in marble

Mr. Clarke played the King all evening as though under constant fear that someone else was about to play the Ace.

The wholeness and freedom we seek is our true nature, who we really are.

It's hard to steer a parked car.

There is one sweet lenitive at least for evils, which nature holds out; so I took it kindly at her hands, and fell asleep.

Whether I'm a hero or a zero doesn't really matter. It's all perception.