Being articulate, my parents could make anything sound reasonable.

Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something.

As a kid, I thought of myself as a funny person who secretly wanted to be serious, but now I think maybe I'm a serious person who secretly wants to be funny.

When you find yourself on the Internet when you're supposed to be writing, you've already lost. It's even beyond procrastination when you end up on the Internet.

A film set becomes its own family anyway, and all family dynamics come out during a shoot. The trick is hiring people who know how to handle that.

We expect forty-year-olds to have grown up at some point, and to be engaged and adult and take responsibility, and doing nothing would seem to go against that.

I feel a real connection to Brooklyn, certainly, because I spent 20 years of my life there, but I don't think of myself as a Brooklyn artist any more than I think of myself as a male artist.

Peter Bogdanovich is a good friend.

It's kind of major, learning to drive. I feel like it kicked up other stuff in my life.

Being funny, in some ways, is about being connected to psychology.

I always viewed life as material for a movie.

Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.

Time Is Speeding Up In Relation To Corruption. Hold On Tight.

Do you believe in telepathy? No? Then what are you doing when you pray?

So I had all the names, three names, and that's good to have on a soap.

I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.

I know from personal conversation and from personal interaction, that Hillary Clinton cares deeply about issues of inclusion.

Throughout history there have been black people who have played mammies, all sorts of offensive images, who didn't mind doing it.

If you can't stop thinking about it, don't stop working on it.

If it is easy, something's wrong.

My daughter is my greatest inspiration.