No more gods, no more faith, no more timid holding back. Let us blast out of our old forms, our ignorance, our weakness, and our mortality. The future belongs to posthumanity.

We have achieved two of the three alchemists' dreams: We have transmuted the elements and learned to fly. Immortality is next.

Listen, I know everything you're saying is true. Ellie does need a good man. She needs someone steady. Someone who can offer her a life full of love and security.Unfortunately, she wants me.- Mason

It takes more than coming up with some great ideas to succeed in life. The land of success is only full of doers.

A library after closing is a lonely place. It is heart-poundingly silent, and the rows of shelves create an almost unfathomable number of dark and creepy corners.

A ship is safe at shore but it's not built for that.

I felt a kinship with country music, because country has lyrics that tell stories

I demand that a film express either the joy of making cinema or the agony of making cinema. I am not at all interested in anything in between.

Selfness is an essential fact of life. The thought of nonselfness, precise sameness is terrifying.

Nonviolent resistance makes it possible for the Negro to remain in the South and struggle for his rights. The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.

Are you running away from something?

I'd like to play every type of character, but only once. I like to expierence things.