The whole world makes comic book movies now.

Giving should be a part of your routine, just like working out, eating, and sleeping.

You don't get to celebrate yourself unless you risk being mocked or rejected. As an artist, you cannot play it safe. You just can't.

Movies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of theaters.

My biggest fear in life is to be average.

Is it possible that there are no coincidences?

When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.

I find it very eerie when somebody is being really polite.

There are scenes that were right on the edge, but I always try to err on non-indulgence. It's something that I'm very careful about, that I'm just leaning too hard into something.

Sometimes we do not do things that we wish to do, so others will not know that we wish to do them.

When you find your voice, your life takes on grace.

Every face, every shop, bedroom window, public-house, and dark square is a picture feverishly turned--in search of what? It is the same with books. What do we seek through millions of pages?

Stop making excuses and start making history.

The joy that comes from the action lasts forever while the pain is only temporary.

there is a truth in everyone that lies deep within

The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education.

I work really hard on the shows and I think the shows speak for themselves. I don't want to construct the show to prove something.

Higher calling matters. When you care so deeply about the why-why you're doing what you're doing-then and only then are you operating in a way that allows you to overcome the obstacles.

Facts themselves do not give knowledge

You don’t return people’s smiles—it’s perfectly clear to you that people can smile and smile and still be villains.

To have friends, you know, one need only be good-natured; but when a man has no enemy left there must be something mean about him.