The suburbs are incredibly oppressive. I actually believe that the suburbs are much more dangerous than the ghettos.

In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.

I do know that for all the artists it's very important to speak in a vernacular that can be understood by everyone.

You can do pretty much anything you want in this world, and it's not all that difficult - you just have to ignore the people who tell you that you need to go this way, and it's the only way.

I've noticed in my life that as you work on more things with more people, you spend less time hanging out with other people who are artists, creative people who give you a sense of family.

An artist doesn't necesetharily have to get acclaim from the outside. Maybe it is much better if he can get validation from within.

I thought it was a huge conflict of interest to be the director and the subject - it's very sketchy territory to be in. I've seen what's happened to other directors who have done that.

I'm a writer, so I interview people all the time, and I think of it as being a very creative process. Giving interviews is actually one of the most creative parts of the film promotion process.

Cowards shrink from challenges, weaklings flee from them, and warriors wink at them.

I hate being in my shoes...I am a deadman there!

Change the way we all talk to each other about our mental health.

I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.

Economized love is never real love.

We are the only country in the world that trashes its old buildings. Too late we realize how very much we need them.

A mind that is interested in changing...is interested precisely in the things that are at extremes. I'm certainly like that. Unless we go to extremes, we won't get anywhere.

Despite the vast expanse of shoreline in this country, more than 90 percent of the seafood Americans eat is imported.

I was angry and frightened, and I was scared. I knew what I had done. The whole night is my fault. None of this would have happened if I didn’t drink.

We read many books, because we cannot know enough people.