Unhappy endings can be as cheap as happy endings.

The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. That's how I feel now, no matter what you're doing.

Anything you could ever want or be you already have and are.

The holy trifecta of directing and filmmaking is character emotion, camera movement and music. When you hit those three, that's magical. That's what I'm trying to do.

I got put on jury duty, which is where I learned how to write.

There's nothing better than an actor who is really, really hungry to show everything they've got.

You know, veterans come home and they may not be bipolar, but after they've been through a war with PTSD or a head injury, their families have a handful when they come home.

That's just how I see things. I think things that are the most dramatic or tragic can also look the most ridiculous and funny. That's part of being human.

The idea that anyone would think their religious ideas make them morally superior is just preposterous.

The gift of life is the gift to suffer sometimes and to embrace it, heartbreak and all.

What do we have in life, really? If we're lucky we get to a certain age, and we have each other. We have the food we like. We have our crazy little rituals. And we have each other.

Dont struggle for salary.. DO struggle for Success..

I gave you up and died a little each day

All that he had of her was his memory, where he held every moment, every single moment that she had been his. That was all he had, to keep out the loneliness.

If our eyes could see everything, every man would see his own faults.

The action most worth watching is not at the center of things, but where edges meet.

Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

I've got a library copy of Gone with the Wind, a quart of milk and all these cookies. Wow! What an orgy!

The Conscious will is represented by the Sacred Woman, Maria, Isis, who crushes the descending serpent's head.

Time will perfect matter.

You have to take criticism with a grain of salt because you're never going to please everybody.