I'm not ill-informed about movies. I like movies that take it to that next step.

It's masturbation for writers to be able to write this absolutely outrageous personality, in a character that you somehow agree with, part of the time, at least.

If something rad is going on and it has to do with film, I want to be there. If it's getting coffee, I don't care. It's a passion of mine.

I've made compromises to survive in life, and to be able to do what I want to do. But, once anything has been put on screen, I've never made a compromise.

In my personal life I've made a lot of compromises. I don't live comfortably. I've lived out of a suitcase for the last 15 years. I have lived without a dime to my name, for a very long time.

Film is my passion. I had no money, after Human Zoo. I was completely broke. It was horrible. My film was in Berlin on opening night, but I couldn't even get to Berlin.

Regardless of your faith, you can never escape uncertainty.

We could be having a good or a bad day and Bear would give you a warm greeting that could melt your heart

The physicist's greatest tool is his wastebasket.

I see the human being is an incredible machine, totally undiscovered in many ways. Every one of us has a hidden tank of energy that comes out when it is needed.

When I make the effort to pay attention to the sights, sounds and sensations around me, I’m encouraging myself to live in the present moment.

Don't never drop your head. Don't never feel like you counted out.

It's one thing to tolerate a boring marriage; a boring affair does not make sense.

Everybody has a capacity for a happy life. All these talks about how difficult times we live in, that's just a clever way to justify fear and laziness.

The confident ask questions to learn what will connect. The insecure just keep talking with the hope something will stick.

I like to get everything done during the early morning hours and the early part of the day.