It's nice being friends over a period of time with people whose music you like so much, or other filmmakers, seeing people change, go through trials

Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something.

As a kid, I thought of myself as a funny person who secretly wanted to be serious, but now I think maybe I'm a serious person who secretly wants to be funny.

When you find yourself on the Internet when you're supposed to be writing, you've already lost. It's even beyond procrastination when you end up on the Internet.

A film set becomes its own family anyway, and all family dynamics come out during a shoot. The trick is hiring people who know how to handle that.

We expect forty-year-olds to have grown up at some point, and to be engaged and adult and take responsibility, and doing nothing would seem to go against that.

I feel a real connection to Brooklyn, certainly, because I spent 20 years of my life there, but I don't think of myself as a Brooklyn artist any more than I think of myself as a male artist.

Peter Bogdanovich is a good friend.

It's kind of major, learning to drive. I feel like it kicked up other stuff in my life.

Being funny, in some ways, is about being connected to psychology.

I always viewed life as material for a movie.

Take the time today to love yourself. You deserve it.

Don’t reduce your impacts to match what you earn.

Listen to your instinct. It is your greatest treasure. Your beauty in the outside reflects your inner beauty.

You make me wanna staple bagels to my face, then remove them with a pitchfork.

I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.

If you can't frighten yourself, I don't think you can excite other people. And I like being frightened.

Whenever you bring up women's internal workings, guys want to change the subject. Unless, of course, they're trying to change the laws.

In a world without the law of God, you have chaos, oppression, tyranny, and everyone doing what is right in their own eyes.

First, recognize the mistake. The main thing is taking responsibility and being authentic.

Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt.