I have ideas written down some places, but usually I can't find them. I'm not very organized.

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.

Who says life is fair, where is that written?

The Luddite impulse is strong among Christians, and our first reaction is to rage against the machine.

Feminism, as it stands, well... stands. It has ground to a halt.

Love and life belongs to great risk.

A dog who thinks he is a man's best friend is a dog who obviously has never met a tax lawyer.

One judges an epoch as much by its Art as by its customs.

It is impossible to park a Ferrari (healthy new belief systems) in a space that is taken up by an old wreck (negative old belief systems).

I'm not interested in what they have to say. I'm only interested in people that are interested in me for the right reasons.

If we chew every morsel of our food, in that way we become grateful, and when you are grateful, you are happy.

You went to Woodstock and all that trash, your generation is fading fast.