It's a wonderful thing to go to work and have no idea what you're going to do.

Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.

I always feel that crime films are about capitalism.

The crime film is the most honest American film.

Jesse James is like a Leonard Cohen song, I wanted to do something that was like a pop song.

Americans are not renowned for having a sense of irony.

I like test screenings. I like to see a movie with an audience of strangers. I think it tells you a lot.

Obviously, a power player in a criminal organization doesnt have to persuade anyone. He can just do what he wants.

I'm sure part of the fascination with the film is voyeuristic - that we go to see somebody who's been struck by lightning.

I think the film gives you a picture of a person. It gives you a complete picture.

As a filmmaker, it's important to sit there and feel embarrassed. If you feel embarrassed by something, you cut it.

Looking up at the stars and smoking in silence.

Food didn't kill people, for God's sake, people killed people. With their harping, and criticizing, and careful living.

Sonia lives her life fully. If she dies tomorrow, she'll die happy. If she lives the way you want her to live, she'll die miserable. So leave her alone, okay?

When we have the Holy Spirit we have all that is needed to be all that God desires us to be.

Growth can be painful, change can be painful but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow it only empties today of it strengths

I've been on teams that lost a hundred games in a season. I've been on teams that had a shot to make the playoffs and fizzled out at the end.

Let us in the name of the Holy Trinity go on sending all the slaves that can be sold.

Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do.

Nothing could be more natural to me than writing music.

I am willing to move out of my comfort zone and experience life in a new way.