I think a lot of young women are probably fearful or embarrassed or cautious or hiding whatever their particular sexuality might be. From the most odd to the just slightly abberrant.

Theres a kind of dream that movies sell to people: You can start as the lowliest person and rise to the top. Hit Me doesnt sell this fantasy.

Who could be more desperate than filmmakers?

I love moving through long spaces and being enclosed.

Like all independent movies, the first thing you're looking for is a name actor who will justify your financing.

You hear this said about actors sometimes, that they're fearless, but she [ Maggie Gyllenhaal] really is.

The problem with most love stories in my opinion is that they're too simplistic.

The movie that made me want to make movies was "Blue Velvet."

You don't make movies about "men" and "women." You make movies about this guy and this woman and if you get them right, you'll automatically connect with a lot of people.

Sometimes people say to you that you should try to be in a bigger film, but it's the way it pans out.

He had seen me several times, and had intended to call on me long before, but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it.

Liberal of cruelty are those who pamper with promises; promisers destroy while they deceive, and the hope they raise is dearly purchased by the dependence that is sequent to disappointment.

Nature is God's greatest evangelist.

I'm from the Mississippi delta originally.

I went to high school, which was a good thing because I hadn't interacted with many people my age, and I didn't really have friends. I had a million acquaintances and no friends.

Earthly regeneration is a parable, but just alone a parable of the things to come.

It is nice to walk out on a court to have it packed.

And if my heart isn't in my mouth it's because it knows its place.

You save 15 more minutes of sleep if you are a man and you don't have to shave.