You and I share the same DNA. Is there anything more lonely than that?

You are what you love. Not what loves you.

I think of myself as a guy who tries to write screenplays and now has tried to direct one. Anything more than that is meaningless and it gets in the way of being a real human being.

I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.

The only honest and generous thing for me to do is to give people myself. That's all I've got as an artist, so I want to do that in an unflinching way.

The passionate ones, the ones who go after what they want, may not get what they want, but they remain vital, in touch with themselves, and when they lie on their deathbeds, they have few regrets.

Everything I've written is personal - it's the only way I know how to write.

Why do I fall in love with every woman I see that shows me the least bit of attention?

Clementine: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon. Joel: I know. Clementine: What do we do? Joel: Enjoy it.

There are nearly thirteen million people in the world. None of those people is an extra. They're all the leads of their own stories. They have to be given their due.

Do not simplify. Do not worry about failure. Failure is a badge of honour. It means you risked failure.

Whilst personal effectiveness focuses more on your personal development goals as you become the best practitioner in your area of specialty

Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.

Randomness scares people. Religion is a way to explain randomness.

When you're used to having electricity and then all of a sudden it's taken away, you're basically just one step from being a wild animal.

I love my body. And, I'm always working out. I'm an exercise freak, be it cardio, weights, t'ai chi or yoga.

The very best and highest attainment in this life is to remain still and let God act and speak in you.

When I was 34, people would say, What's going to happen to you when you're 40? What are you going to do? You don't have much time left. And I was like, what are you talking about?

In almost everything I've written there is a thread of this: man's seemingly palpable need to dislike someone other than himself.

I still feel like I have a lot of growing up to do 'til I find the voice. You know, everybody has their own voice and their own thing they want to say to the world.

Like Scarlett O'Hara, I won't be broke again.