My biggest fear in life is to be average.

Giving should be a part of your routine, just like working out, eating, and sleeping.

You don't get to celebrate yourself unless you risk being mocked or rejected. As an artist, you cannot play it safe. You just can't.

Movies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of theaters.

Is it possible that there are no coincidences?

When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.

I find it very eerie when somebody is being really polite.

There are scenes that were right on the edge, but I always try to err on non-indulgence. It's something that I'm very careful about, that I'm just leaning too hard into something.

Sometimes we do not do things that we wish to do, so others will not know that we wish to do them.

When you find your voice, your life takes on grace.

For instance, The Sixth Sense had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention.

Art is a higher type of knowledge than experience.

If you don't accept excuses, then people will stop giving them and will start looking for solutions.

What scoundrels we would be if we did for ourselves what we are ready to do for Italy.

So remember it, lad. If your head thinks up mischief, your backside's going to pay for it. Brian Fraser to young Jamie

The Frisbee is a round disk. That's the somethingness. But it has another side; it has a nothingness which you cannot perceive with your physical mind or your senses.

If someone puts up $100 million on a movie, they're gonna be concerned about whether they'll get it back. So they're not gonna make a movie about three girls, you know?

My brother is not a girl, he is a gentleman.

You can’t take back texts. If you come off all moody and melancholy in a text, it just sits there in your phone, reminding you of what a drag you are.

Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.

As you gain elevation [on the mountain] your IQ goes down - but your emotional affect goes up, which is great for having a mythic experience, whether you want to or not.