Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself.

We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi.

I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and art.

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.

My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.

I think people are universal.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

Every movie I make. That’s my hideout, the place I don’t quite understand, but feel most at home.

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me

I think great romance needs great obstacles and textures.

Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.

It is easy to smile at an insult and pretend it's funny when the person insulting you is hosing you with money.

Those who have given themselves the most concern about the happiness of peoples have made their neighbors very miserable.

If a person does this for just a couple of years and discovers that it just isn't for him, that's okay. At least he can move on knowing that he gave it his best shot.

And I exist, I roam but I don't sleep anymore I cry, laugh, scream but I don't remember why.

Your own ego is the only trap that I think you can fall into.

All I can do is write about whatever grabs me.

Sanctuary, home of the Howlers and stragglers of the Were universe. (Damien)

If you want to change the world right now, it’s not so much a secret how you do it. You put the secrets of a criminal government on the Internet.

I'm very happy for whatever plaudits might come the way of my work, but I never ever sit down to write x with y in view - whether it's a reader, a prize or a sale.