I like to think of characters in relation to other cinematic characters.

Without the benefit of Google, ask anybody to name more than five female filmmakers that have made more than three films. It's shockingly hard.

I can't be the only person that's like, "Why am I in love with this guy just because he makes me feel bad?" I can't be the only person in the world who's had that feeling.

I've been in love with my best friend and not been able to tell that person.

I've really carelessly gotten out of relationships that were incredibly destructive instead of being honest.

I've slept with men that are unavailable, I've fallen in love with people I don't know.

When it comes to dating, you're not as crazy as you think you are.

Watching my own past heartache and experience day after day - it was gut-wrenching, cathartic, beautiful, and painful. That and shooting the film in less than a month.

I focus on darker things or bad behavior or explicit dialogue because creatively I am more interested in my mistakes and why I made them than my good deeds and my achievements.

I want people to understand and recognize that when it comes to dating, you're not as crazy as you think you are. Everyone needs love. We need it like air or water. We just don't know how to get it.

The road to home is when we find our hearts filled with the stories of our people.

I was spinning—from the kiss, the alcohol or the lack of air, I wasn’t sure, but I knew I needed to pull away if only just to breath.

Clearly understand that the only limitations you will ever have are the limitations you impose upon yourself. You truly do have infinite potential.

Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.

Most people grow only large enough to solve their problems - not to reach their potential.

You should never read online comments if you want to keep thoughts above the belt.

Life equaled love plus passion squared. Loving and being passionate about what one did was what made life so precious.

We need to discuss the basis of a new form of trust built on a meaningful form of citizenship appropriate for a republic.

Follow a trail of bold mistakes and at the end of them you will find a genius.

I like pain. I like when it lingers. It reminds a person of what they've lived through.