Big emotions that are unexplained are really scary. At least to me.

I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past.

Even in this world where you’re getting everything you need and having this nice life, there’s still loneliness and longing and disconnection.

I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be invisible.

Don't differentiate between 'This is a job' and 'This is what I'm doing for fun.' It's all simultaneous.

You make a movie that is about what you want it to be about and let people have their reaction to it.

The things that are really out of control, and scary, are emotions - of people around you, that are unpredictable, or those in yourself which are unpredictable.

If I leave my phone in the car and go to dinner or something for a few hours, I'm very proud of myself.

The past is just a story we tell ourselves.

Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.

Be willing to get fired for a good idea.

Normally, she would never wish a head injury on anyone, but it might make her days in Archival Studies a bit easier.

Layout your options, create a beautiful masterpiece of yours.

I now think, Love is rather deaf, than blind, For else it could not be, That she, Whom I adore so much, should so slight me, And cast my love behind.

I've always dreamed of having a year-round haunted house.

I know the new comedy god is surrealism, but it doesn't touch my heart.

The government shouldn't run anything, because it cannot run anything.

Hen nights should be banned. You're honour-bound to behave atrociously, then feel terribly ashamed afterwards. (This Charming Man)

Education is fundamental to any success. That's your baseboard.

God has prohibited despair.

Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It's just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.