Free time keeps me going.

Even if you try to copy a film shot by shot, you still can't. It's still your own film.

I used to take photographs just to remember people.

For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad.

I was once a shameless, full-time dope fiend.

Now the music industry is sort of like a Craigslist venture, right? Where you're making your own records and selling them online.

I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before.

The area of teenage life is not necessarily rarefied; we've all gone through that period. It's not as rarefied as a western or a space adventure or a gangster film, but it has its own dynamic.

Sometimes getting upset with yourself is necessary when you face the truth.

Modern-day cinema takes the form of a sermon. You don't get to think, you only get to receive information.

I have my ideas of what a good documentary is, but drama is a different animal because you're arranging everything.

Love is free, but priceless.Wisdom is precious, but costless.Faith is gentle, but fearless.Joy is scarce, but limitless.Truth is simple, but matchless.

Confidence, just like success, is self made.

Bullies don't like to fight, son. They like to win. Being afraid is normal. The only fight you really have to win is the one against the fear.

You light the Spark in my Bonfire Heart.

I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships - things like forgiveness and compassion.

If you want to write good copy, you must be where the things are.

It's not a choice between our environment and our economy; it's a choice between prosperity and decline.

A bluff taken seriously is more useful than a serious threat interpreted as a bluff.

Once again you've put your keen and penetrating mind to the task and as usual come to the wrong conclusion!

There's nothing wrong with making a lot of money, there's something wrong with keeping it.