I'm very interested in politics, and I feel TV is a more political medium than film.

That's why 'The Bourne Identity' has that sort of shaky style, because for the most part, Matt Damon and I were sneaking around Paris and shooting where we didn't have permits.

At the end of the day, it's still a show about guys who ride extremely fast motorcycles for a living.

I can't impress people with the pedigree of obscure French filmmakers that got me into film. It was Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. I really thought I wanted to make dumb action movies.

In movies, you can basically buy the audience into the theater. If you spend enough money on visual effects, even if you are lacking in story and character, you might still pull it off.

To be a lone filmmaker thousands of miles from home with nobody believing in me, that seems romantic.

I make movies for me and posterity. I'm more scared of history than I am of the studio.

If you do something that's really original, you discover why everybody else does it the other way, usually. There's a reason cliches exist, 'cause they work.

It's no secret that my process is a little bit loose and can be a little bit infuriating to a studio if they don't know what they're signing up for.

When I was shooting 'The Bourne Identity,' I had a mantra: 'How come you never see James Bond pay a phone bill?' It sounds trite, but it became the foundation of that franchise.

I probably shouldn't treat interviews as therapy sessions, but I don't keep a diary, so these end up being my way of keeping track of where I'm at and letting it all out.

We scarified a mosquito. I bet that's what did it. It was probably a virgin too.

I try to hook you up every day. What's the point of calendars without dates?

When they were being blessed, there was no limit-now I am blessing others- I am giving too much!!

Some people are born to lift heavy weights some are born to juggle golden balls.

Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate.

Self-affirmation cannot be found in love; it is a prior condition of genuine love.

Whoever expects to walk peacefully in the world must be money's guest.

Idleness or boredom has no place in the life of a Christian.

At times of the severest depression, humor is what binds people together.

It's remarkable how we go on year after year, doing the same old things. We get tired and bored, and ask when they'll come for us