Granted, there are times when, for business reasons, you do something that's more mainstream. But even then, I try to find something that has a dark or subversive aspect.

I have three sisters and I've always wanted a brother, so I was really interested in that notion.

Tarantino's stuff in its inception was all about finding a way for him to break into Hollywood.

My first film goes into production in October. It's called White Boy Shuffle and it's based on a novel about a young black kid and it's sort of reminiscent of Catcher in the Rye.

The ultimate 20-year plan is to be living in the Caribbean, writing, living off the land, eating from the ocean and probably smoking herb.

Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children.

The idea of doing something that you've seen a thousand times before doesn't appeal to me.

It's nice that people want to compliment you in some superficial way, but I've never considered that that's how I might be categorized. I guess it's better than being called ugly.

My sisters are my favorite people on earth.

A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it's done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making.

I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds.

[She wasn't] a logically reasoning woman, but God is good, and hearts may count in heaven as high as heads.

Was this what humans were really like? They seemed like drooling idiots to me. I was shocked they walk and breathe at the same time?

Common sense is a chaotic aggregate of disparate conceptions, and one can find there anything that one like.

Purses are dreamt up by artists, not architects.

It is theoretically possible to warp spacetime itself, so you're not actually moving faster than the speed of light, but it's actually space that's moving.

Since I learned English, I've become a motormouth!

On the stage, you alone hold the key, and on the night you have to trust that the director has inspired you enough to take the material and run with it.

We must take responsibility for educating ourselves. Being part of a 'smart mob' doesn't guarantee that you're a responsible participant or collaborator.

Mercy was more frightening than murder, because it was harder.

... class differences in health represent a double injustice: life is short where its quality is poor.