A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it's done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making.

I have three sisters and I've always wanted a brother, so I was really interested in that notion.

Tarantino's stuff in its inception was all about finding a way for him to break into Hollywood.

My first film goes into production in October. It's called White Boy Shuffle and it's based on a novel about a young black kid and it's sort of reminiscent of Catcher in the Rye.

The ultimate 20-year plan is to be living in the Caribbean, writing, living off the land, eating from the ocean and probably smoking herb.

Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children.

The idea of doing something that you've seen a thousand times before doesn't appeal to me.

It's nice that people want to compliment you in some superficial way, but I've never considered that that's how I might be categorized. I guess it's better than being called ugly.

My sisters are my favorite people on earth.

Granted, there are times when, for business reasons, you do something that's more mainstream. But even then, I try to find something that has a dark or subversive aspect.

I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds.

If I were you, I'd sue my face for slander.

GOD PUNISHES NOT FOR WORLD TO LAUGH, I AM NOT A EMOTIONLESS PAPER OF GRAPH, EVEN I AM NOT THE WORLD'S STAFF, DON'T ANGRY THINKING ME A CALF.

Daring life, graceful living.

I swear to Vishnu, if this doesn’t work, I’m going to stab you in the throat with a Pipette.

Sometimes I think you're still a prisoner. You're not free of this place in your head, Nathan. And you're definitely not free of those people. They haunt you.

To instruct others is to engage the simplicity of receiving eternal life

To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship which illumine only the track it has passed.

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

When I was younger, I didn't want to be on TV.

Ceremonies are important. But our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops, and once-a-year Memorial Day ceremonies. We honor the dead best by treating the living well.