Sometimes … I think parents work so hard to keep us from making their mistakes, they won’t allow us to make our own.

Why are there beings at all, instead of Nothing?

The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth

It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control.

Movie people think things are movies, and authors think things should be movies because, up until recently, movies have been the jewel in the crown. But, that seems to be changing.

Sometimes I even cut myself to see how much it bleeds It's like adrenaline, the pain is such a sudden rush for me.

When you make a movie, it's a movie, and things change based on who you put in the movie. And so it's, you know, obviously not exactly your life, but I feel that I did learn a lot about my parents.

I took cooking classes when I was younger; girls weren't interested in me, and I thought I may be alone for the rest of my life.

Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications.

Each way means loneliness -- and communion.

Sometimes a movie knows you're watching it. It knows how to hold and keep you, how, when it's over, to make you want it all over again.