The way I write is really like putting one foot in front of the other. I really let the characters do most of the work, they start talking and they just lead the way.

And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my fingers upon thee!

When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'

My plan is to have a theatre in some small town or something and I'll be manager. Ill be the crazy old movie guy.

Just because I was at an anti-police brutality protest, doesn't mean I'm anti-police. We want justice, but stop shooting unarmed people.

If you want to make a movie, make it. Don't wait for a grant, don't wait for the perfect circumstances, just make it.

Don't write what you think people want to read. Find your voice and write about what's in your heart.

In real life there are no bad guys. Everybody just has their own perspective.

Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.

If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.

Hamburgers! The corner-stone of any nutritious breakfast.

I'm the boss. I gotta pretend to worry.

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

Happiness comes from theperfect practice of virtue.

You just listen to the ball and bat come together. They make an awful noise.

Relationships can be about yourself, they can be about you and your god, you and your people, you and your family. It can be about a lot of different stuff. And it is.

The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion will live here in only the most temporary way.

My dream has become a reality now, and it's the best feeling I've ever had.

Faith is a devout belief in what one does not understand.

There is nothing but God's grace. We walk upon it; we breathe it; we live and die by it; it makes the nails and axles of the universe.

The only zen thoughts you can find on a mountain summit are those you brought yourself.