The role of the artist is to not look away.

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.

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.

I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?

Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.

A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

Congress has changed the Social Security system over time, and over 20 times in the past Congress has raised taxes on Social Security in payroll taxes into the system.

I'm really going to miss me.

If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection, it will melt all the rest of your records.

Ultimately what I end up writing about is helplessness and the flipside of that, empowerment.

My first crush was this kid in kindergarten who told me he had tigers in his attic as well.

I'm not a sedentary person. I've always been active.

In a perfect world, I could be doing some bigger films and balance that with some independent films because they seem to be the most challenging and unique