When you're on a film and you're doubting something, it's usually because you don't think the audience is going to like it.

Even if you try to copy a film shot by shot, you still can't. It's still your own film.

I used to take photographs just to remember people.

For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad.

I was once a shameless, full-time dope fiend.

Now the music industry is sort of like a Craigslist venture, right? Where you're making your own records and selling them online.

I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before.

The area of teenage life is not necessarily rarefied; we've all gone through that period. It's not as rarefied as a western or a space adventure or a gangster film, but it has its own dynamic.

Sometimes getting upset with yourself is necessary when you face the truth.

Modern-day cinema takes the form of a sermon. You don't get to think, you only get to receive information.

I have my ideas of what a good documentary is, but drama is a different animal because you're arranging everything.

Secrets are truths that show what we’ve been through—what we’ve survived.

Not feeling is no replacement for reality. Your problems today are still your problems tomorrow

... every writer I had ever known wrote his best work when he had his back up against the wall and thought he would never write another word.

Take a long pause ...breathe and know that things are happening for you not to you.

Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.

Writing good jokes requires effort. Think I'll just start dressing funnier.

It's a big thing to feel like you're doing something that's actually affecting people.

We are more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible.

I have given God countless reasons not to love me. None of them has been strong enough to change Him.

I like using snapshot cameras because they're idiot-proof. I have bad eyesight, and I'm no good at focusing big cameras.