Film still looks way better than digital.

There's nothing better than finishing something and looking at it. Whether it be a script or a movie, it's this complete little thing that now exists and is hopefully immortal.

It's an important part of being a member of society to know what's happening in the world and to know where you fall in it and what you can do about it.

When you know you have a certain amount of work to finish, you just don't allow yourself to get sick again.

I've been wanting to make a movie about the war in Sierra Leone, specifically, for more than 15 years.

Collaboration sometimes causes conflict, and sometimes it's easy, but the bringing together of great minds only adds.

If you really want to tell someone you love them, you don't just go and blurt it out. There's a dance. And your movie does that.

I do want to direct a movie from horseback one day.

You only have so much time in life so everything you do needs to mean something to you.

You're always against the clock. But really just fighting for quality.

The apartments are made for eels.

Life is a pigsty.

...As an artist, you need the naysayers and the nonbelievers to add fuel to your creative fire.

A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.

And don't consult anyone's opinions but your own.

Keep practicing. Never let someone tell you you're too small or too slow.

I listen to music constantly, and I'm always hearing things I love that I'm excited to use.

If a man believes and expects great things of himself, it makes no odds where you put him, or what you show him . . he will be surrounded by grandeur.

Now go and stake some vamps. Especially the sparkly emo ones.

I often focus more on language than on the conveying of information.

Others can stop you temporarily - you are the only one who can do it permanently.