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.

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

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.

Some lean back. But those who lean forward are poised to cross the finish-line, first!

I determine to render more and better service, each day, than I am being paid to render. Those that reach the top are the ones who are not content with doing only what is required of them.

A new era will dawn in Africa, when the impoverished masses of a nation rise up to rescue their right to a decent life from the hands of the ruling oligarchies.

You have to celebrate the gifts because life is so hard and I think once you realize life's gonna be hard, the good stuff really comes forward.

I've had a hell of a lot of fun and I've enjoyed every minute of it.

By ignoring tomorrow, we undermine today.

There is not a girl in the world who's not Team Edward! Have you met girls who are not Team Edward? Well, they are not girls! They're aliens from another planet who should not be allowed to exist

‎"Make your god transparent to the transcendent, and it doesn't matter what his name is."

Poetry gives most pleasure when only generally and not perfectly understood.

Nothing can be produced without a cause, and the effect is but the cause reproduced.