As artists, we like night more than day sometimes.

We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi.

I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and art.

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.

My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.

I think people are universal.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

Every movie I make. That’s my hideout, the place I don’t quite understand, but feel most at home.

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me

I think great romance needs great obstacles and textures.

Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.

An individual's perception is their reality colored in the shades they desire--not necessarily the color that it is.

I could lay here and stare at him forever. I don’t want to let go. Ever.

The meaning of life. The wasted years of life. The poor choices of life. God answers the mess of life with one word: 'grace.'

If I have a day off, I want to get on a plane and go to Paris! If I have a couple hours off work, I want to run to the market and make a four-course meal. I like to do things that are unexpected.

I still fall for your everyday.

I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.

He (Don Drysdale) talks very well for a guy who's had two fingers in his mouth all his life.

The light that shines the farthest will shine the brightest at home.

He is greatest who is most often in men's good thoughts.

We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.