For violent people to make themselves vulnerable, and then to have that vulnerability be used against them, bad things can happen.

The life of a character doesn't just exist between action and cut.

I don't take a scene or word for granted.

Tarantino and Jackson is like Scorsese and DeNiro, and their silent communication.

I'm not good at telling a joke, but I can say a line in a certain way that makes people uncomfortable because they don't know whether to laugh or not, and I love that comedy.

The guy who kills 38 people is not the guy you'd want to have over at Thanksgiving.

If you ever get the opportunity to work with Quentin Tarantino, you had better believe that it will be an experience of extremes.

But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.

'The Portrait of Dorian Grey' beautifully articulates how the altruistic part of ourselves clashes with our essentially narcissistic state.

I aimlessly travel, meaning I have no agenda other than to get small in the world, be quiet and observe people.

Unfortunately, when you're the king of the hill, there's really only one way to go, and that's down.

I'm beginning to perceive motherhood as a long, slow letting go, of which birth is just the first step.

why do I sleep? Because I dream, and that is where I hear the best stories and find the hidden destinations of life.

It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment or social interests than the laws of thermodynamics, atomic structure or biological inheritance.

The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.

Northern Uganda presents a situation of extraordinary violation of the rights of children.

We must build a new world, a far better world - one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.

If one has no heart, one cannot write for the masses.

A lonely fir-tree is standing On a northern barren height; It sleeps, and the ice and snow-drift Cast round it a garment of white.

I want to get non-aerosol mace, you just rub it in. "Dude who is attacking me - come a little closer!"

Wisdom's daughter walks alone. That didn't just mean without other people, Annabeth realized. It meant without any special powers.