Breakthroughs, in art, in culture, in personality, come when tackling the unexpected.

I think there are always actor parts, and then there are movie-star parts, and an actors always an actor until he does a movie-star part.

There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.

No single movie or event makes or breaks your career. Everything can be undone, including success.

Like the color black, business mixed with anything turns to business.

Self-love knows no impediment.

My sense of Los Angeles was very New York provincial, as in 'all those people are crazy out there' (which they are), and stupid (which they're not), and immoral (it's more interesting than that).

It is just as important to move on in the wake of stunning success as in the wake of disaster.

Always remember the famous adage about the movie business: You can't make a living, you can only get rich.

with all these tentpoles, franchises, reboots and sequels, is there still room for movies in the movie business?

The only way I can access all my strength is to relax. ... The paradox is that you must learn to be relaxed while using all your power.

The gods say that a man is made the way he is for a purpose, and to seek to alter that is -" "Then let the gods live a day in my skin before they judge me.

The imagination gland doesn't die. It just becomes reliant on manufactured spirit.

Taking my drink, I moved around the bar to her. Her smile was a little crooked as I sat down. I guessed it had been a wet night for platinum blondes.

I didn't dare to dream of making money. But now of course, I've made many thousands of dollars sharpening pencils.

If we can use technology to shorten the path between intention and action, that excites me.

Women always need other women to lean on. They become friends in order to hate each other better. The more they hate each other, the more inseparable they become.

You're going to find this hard to believe, but cops aren't required to carry emergency condoms." Joe Morelli

Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound affection admits a sacrifice.

When I say 'friends,' I use that term loosely, as I don't actually have any.

I’m alarmed that to think than modern science may be turning creativity into a medical disorder