I think there are only two times that I've ever ended up paying somebody their quote. Like what they actually were worth in the marketplace.

I think I'm good at amplifying an actor's strengths, and minimizing their weaknesses. And they all have strengths and weaknesses.

When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead.

To me the director’s job is to leave it in better shape than you found it, literally.

If you're sitting around thinking what other people think about your work, you'll just become paralysed.

We [people] are a species that's wired to tell stories. We need stories. It's how we make sense of things. It's how we learn.

I want to thank anyone who spends part of their day creating...anybody who spends part of their day sharing their experience with us-I think this world would be unlivable without art and I thank you.

You’re supposed to expand your mind to fit the art, you’re not supposed to chop the art down to fit your mind.

There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and drugs. Two of them we talk about, and one of them we don't.

What are the stories you want people to tell about you?

The ought to be a worldwide cultural taskforce that just stops you when you have ideas like combining The Red Desert with an armored car heist movie.

I do not know what to do with the emotions inside me. I do not know how to be this close to someone and still hold on to myself.

Never underestimate wisdom in silence, proof isn't always a mouthful of words.

Why must Justice have a color? Is it the same "REASON" that the sky are "BLUE?

"No" isn't really a word I understand.

Everyday is a new life to a wise man.

The Sherpas play a very important role in most mountaineering expeditions, and in fact many of them lead along the ridges and up to the summit.

You might be a redneck if there are more than ten lawsuits currently pending against your dog.

The market always provides us with opportunities.

Let not young souls be smothered out Before they do quaint deeds And fully flaunt their pride.

I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave.