He raised himself above her pallid face and kissed her on both closed eyes and thought: she thinks she is taking and does not know that she is giving

Shine thy light.

It is not settled happiness but momentary joy that glorifies the past.

Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.

A good novel should be deeply unsettling - its satisfactions should come from its authenticity and its formal coherence. We must feel something crucial is at stake.

I want to make big films. That's always been my ambition.

Fiction writing feels more honest to me.

Waiting silently is the hardest thing of all.

The individual who signs the check has the ultimate power.

There are a lot of people who pretend to have moral ethics and they talk from both sides of their mouth.

When I was shooting with Tarantino and Mike Mills and amazing directors, it made me think that I would never be a director. It's obviously too hard.