Earnestness can ferment into sentimentality.

I just like that dynamic in relationships in movies where they're kind of lovers as rivals, you know?

When you dont inherit an identity you have to define it on your own.

I always remembered that when I saw people get married they got on a rocketship and went to Planet Happiness, Population: Them.

It's very important to keep the emotions grounded, to keep the characters in some real place.

Audiences can tell when you're being fake and they will eat you alive. But if you're doing something authentic they will connect to it and that can lead to commercial success.

Sundance is a really special place. They're very protective of movies, especially lower-budget movies.

There's a punk rock quality to Peter Parker, that I identified with when I read the comics [Spider-Man], and that I really liked. He has this chip on his shoulder.

When you have to react to a lizard that's a tennis ball, it's a really, really difficult, tricky piece of craft.

Something you can do in a comic that you can't do in a film is that you can have thought bubbles.

There's a bigger universe at hand.

Managers are people who know what they want.Leaders are people who get what they want.

You spend your time thinking about that and you get lost in reflection.

Emmeline didn't call me anything. She didn't need, for I was always there. You only need names for the absent.

We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.

The first novel that I wrote was because I was having very interesting sorts of experiences, for Indians of my generation.

When you have grasped a problem clearly, face it with resolution, for that is the way of the strong.

To live beneath sorrow, one must yield to it.

We can build a society grounded on friendship and our common humanity - a society founded on tolerance. That is the only road open to us.

Reality is an acquired taste.

The power has to be in your desire to see everyone thrive.