I made, like, five movies while I was in college. I think they just weren't memorable movies. I've taken breaks as the years have gone on - I burn out every once in a while.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age.

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.

Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

Privacy above all else. Some day, in the future, people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was.

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.

Beauty is subjective. You know how sometimes what makes a person attractive is the way they make you laugh or how it seems like they can read your mind?

When you master the basics, and execute them well, there’s no need to worry about the score.

Tyranny and fantasy both like to write everyone else's lines.

He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.

There is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.

I want a private life, I truly do. I'm not just pretending to want one like lots of celebrities.

I'm going to try to take a loving look at the situation and do what God gave me the ability to do, and He'll bless it.

The next time you face a room full of strangers . . . you might tell yourself that some of them are just friends waiting to be found.

The property boom has made us all feel wealthy, but unfortunately it has lulled many of those nearing retirement into a false sense of security.

Thy fatal shafts unerring move; I bow before thine altar, Love!