It doesn't take that many years for a kid to realise that they're going to die. It's always there in the back of their mind the rest of their lives.

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.

I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.

It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave.

When I have a day off, I won't spend it at a Hollywood party. I'd rather be at home with paints and a blank canvas.

You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid.

Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them.

You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day.

I think that every person has many, many people inside of them. We change our personality depending on who we are talking to or what situation we are in.

I think every family is dysfunctional, and some manage to control it better than others.

My job as an artist, as I see it, is to understand and in some cases to take on various ways of thinking about people and the world that are different from my own, sometimes radically different.

A tree does not stop growing because the wind blew off a few of its leaves.

You must create the right kind of dream, the sober, adult kind of magic: illusion born from disillusion.

The subconscious mind is shielding or showing numerous potential paths, based on what it determines would represent a consistent reality for you.

You deserve good sperm. You’ve waited a long time.

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea.

I wasn't playing Nixon's satirical stick figure. I was playing Nixon the man. As an actor, I felt I had to get to the deeply flawed humanity of the guy.

It is impossible, after a certain point, to go back to a previous way of life, a previous way of thinking.

You do not create a style. You work, and develop yourself; your style is an emanation from your own being.

My work is received more intelligently in Europe.

Leaders don't look for recognition from others, leaders look for others to recognize.