Nature intended in her design a hearty life of toil, open fires and plump old age attended by a brood of sun-touched brats.

And don't tell me the end justifies the means because it doesn't. We never reach the end. All we ever get is means. That's what we live with.

Photography is without mercy--though it's nonsense to say it does not lie. Rather, it lies in a particular, capricious way which makes beggars of ministers and gods of cat's meat men.

I love you forever. I am sorry I cannot love you now.

You need to relax and be yourself, not whoever it is you’re trying to be in your mad little head. I bloody don’t, though. I’m me and I’m good at it.

Joe is never sure whether they're mad or just alarmingly and uncompromisingly incapable of self-delusion.

Profound thinkers either become astute lovers or rebellious spirit

One must have one's delusions to live. If you look at life too honestly and clearly, life becomes unbearable because it's a pretty grim enterprise, you will admit.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

People (or students) do not have shortcomings, only uniquenesses. The goal of a good teacher is to turn these uniquenesses into advantages.

I ain't done nothing wrong, but love thy self. And harm other niggaz that wanna stop my health.

It's very hard for me to say I'm sorry... but I do.

I was also told some years ago that I shouldn't 'waste my time' with female-centric films because the audience was not ready for it.

Jim Cameron is proof that if you are good, you'll get promoted.

I like to make great albums.

For real, some of my favorite music is Mexican. It's something about the bassline and the drumming. I can't even speak Spanish, but that's probably why I like it so much.