Shooting at night in Los Angeles is amazing. The city shuts down at 10 P.M. every night, and a whole different cast of characters comes out.

I had written a script called "Freed," which I had wanted to direct.

A script like Nightcrawler gives me an opportunity to truly realize a vision thats mine, which is exciting.

A lot of times, L.A. is desaturated, and cement and freeways, and downtown.

The spirit of L.A. is untamed wilderness. It's earthquakes and wildfires and oceans and mountain lions and fog. There's great physical beauty.

I spend most of my time in a room alone where eight hours go by, and I have no sense of time. I work seven days a week, and I live in this sort of vague subconscious fog a lot.

You shall love your crooked neighbour, with your crooked heart.

You turn me on.” He cups my face, brushing my hair away from my eyes and a tear off my cheek.”“God, you turn me on. You're driving me crazy. I want you to need my hands on you. Do you?

I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day.

Had you fought like a man, you need not have been hang'd like a dog.

If the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. Let him go and come freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself.

You have to have curiosity in life. The moment you don't have any more curiosity, then don't do anything. Retire and stay in your house.

Love at first sight is not rare, in fact it is extremely common, it happens to some people a few times a year. The feeling of what if when meeting the eyes of a stranger can be love unrecognized.

I think that sexuality is only attractive when it's natural and spontaneous.

When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.

To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.