Genres give a vocabulary. They give a frame of reference for the audience to enter into a movie. Then, once they have their footing, that's when you can start doing things that they don't expect.

Even today, in our progressive times, in most movies that come out, the men have to have biceps and the women have to be thin or something.

My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail.

It's less about what you do and more about who you are doing it with.

Media used to be one way. Everyone else in the world just had to listen. Now the internet is allowing what used to be a monologue to become a dialogue. I think that's healthy.

If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone.

The Sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear.

The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative.

If you know which way the current is going, you can use it to your advantage.

The Internet is allowing us to get back to what's really more natural, which is that storytelling is a shared thing. It's our natural way to be communal.

When I was Younger, I wanted to be something.Now, I just want to be younger.

I Know, But No One Know, No One Know So I Don't Know

Try as hard as we may for perfection the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways.

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

Opportunity is often dressed up in work clothes.

People can be so apathetic. They continue to ignore the real people trapped in poverty and homelessness. It's almost maddening

People like nonfiction presented to them in a certain way, so that they don't have to think about whether it's true or not. They like it to have that imprimatur of respectability, of genuineness.

This may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it. When I'm talking about.. when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me.

Getting the role like this is such awonderful opportunity... I remember looking in the mirror and going 'I'm superman'.

Sarah Palin knows more about energy than probably anyone else in the United States of America.

Band chemistry is a tricky thing. If one guy isn't feeling right with the other guys, everything gets thrown off. When you get the personalities and the chemistry right, that's a grand slam.