You know, I'm really not that competent at describing things musically.

My older sister was at the cusp of new wave, and I had older brothers from my father's first marriage who were rock 'n' roll guys, so I was exposed to a lot of popular culture.

Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.

I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will.

Acting is the hardest job in the entire world. By far. Harder than ditch digging.

It's a gamble you take, the risk of alienating an audience. But there's a theory - sometimes it's better to confuse them for five minutes than let them get ahead of you for 10 seconds.

My dad was this sort of avant-garde guy who did all kinds of weird things. He was a true original and anybody who met him never forgot him.

I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can't really do that fast.

My writing has a lot to do with who I am, and what my life is like, and my relationships to people.

You write who you are. But you also cheat, and youwrite what you want to be. It's embarrasing to be the guy who madethe movie, knowing you're not exactly who you want to be.

Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.

I have a good imagination. Look, I know what it feels like to have a broken heart. I know what it feels like to feel something for somebody. I'm just too weird to be in a relationship.

When you're in a race car, you're going through so many different emotions throughout that race.

Nature's deepest laws, her only true laws, are her invisible ones.

The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.

It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over her I s, to save ink.

I didn't know love felt like this, like turning into brightness.

Perhaps one never seems so much at ones ease as when one has to play a part.

Even if I were lying on the sun itself, I would be freezing there without you. (Zarek)

Acting is easier than skating in ia way and harder in other aspects. In skating, you get one chance, and with acting you get to do it over and over.

Hang him, swaggering rascal!