I want people to leave the cinema feeling that something's been confirmed for them about life.

It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations.

I grew up in a city, I'm a city person - I go on holiday and I'm bored.

There's lots of things that can be solved with cash.

I've just been to the Taj Mahal which I'd never been to and I'm not a very romantic kind of guy but it is the most romantic thing I've ever seen.

The sun is the most important thing in everybody's life, whether you're a plant, an animal or a fish, and we take it for granted.

I don't want people to sit there and objectively watch the film. I want them to experience it as something that's under their skin, so you try to make the films really tactile.

If you have to be persuaded about something, you shouldn't do it.

I learned with 'The Beach' that I'm a bit better lower down the radar.

The awards season gives a chance for independent films to have a bit of longevity in the press and the media.

I don't want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them.

The way to success is long..But beautiful at the same time.

Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.

I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing

I'm a very spiritual person and proud of my Mormon roots.

Meanings come not from events themselves, but from what we bring to them.

My hope is that I'm getting better and wiser. With every book, I have more of myself to pour onto the page.

Life was an impenetrable mystery cloaked in babble.

I'm going to listen to John Elway. He knows what he's talking about.

Sometimes me think, 'What is friend?' Then me say, ‘Friend is someone to share the last cookie with.’

Writing is basically a job for people who like punching themselves in the face, I’m pretty sure.