The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.

In a mad world only the mad are sane.

I can't afford to hate anyone. I don't have that kind of time.

Man is a genius when he is dreaming.

Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.

It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.

The role of the artist is to not look away.

There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.

Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.

If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.

It has been said that a man with an argument is no match for a man with an experience.

I write screenplays that don't get made and pilots that don't get picked up, and I re-write other people's movies, and those are all different kinds of fees.

Time ... advances like the slowest tide, but retreats like the swiftest torrent.

If nature had intended our skeletons to be visible it would have put them on the outside of our bodies.

Matrimony is the only game of chance the clergy favor.

All the feeling which my father could not put into words was in his hand-any dog, child or horse would recognize the kindness of it.

I'd like to find great roles close to home and work on great projects while staying near my family. My family's the most important thing to me right now.

Vision is not political rhetoric.

Do you mean am I worried about people seeing me with my jeans off? Sure. Sometimes people are overcome. They fall down. They hit their heads. It's worrying.

What I meant by 'we would know the mind of God' is, we would know everything that God would know, if there were a God. Which there isn't. I'm an atheist.