I always expose the apparatus. I show how the film was made. I acknowledge the filmmaker and the filmmaking.

There is a lot of silence in watching somebody trying to remember things.

I wanted my book to make people cry, but I feel like I'm the only person who my book is going to make cry, if they show me the sales numbers.

I'm better at being a lawyer than I am at being a writer.

I don't necessarily believe in the ideology of cinema verité. I think by the very fact that you have a camera there you are affecting the story and you are influencing it.

I love being a lawyer more than I like writing.

Sometimes you are ahead of people and sometimes people have blind spots. They can't see the world and they can't see what they do.

Prayer is not an option but a necessity.

Most people don't want to talk about politics and religion. They say, 'Let's talk about something else.'

As far as I can see, it's not important that we have free will, just as long as we have the illusion of free will to stop us going mad.

A long time ago, I read in a book that a woman's homeland is wherever she fell in love.

They say when one door shuts, another one opens. But they haven’t been living at my house. Most of the doors I open seem to have something scary crouched behind them, anyway.

Recessions are hard on people, but they are not hard on Art.

When you're in a depressed state, having something really bad happen gives you kind of a life again.

I mean, Jesus was a white man too. He was a historical figure — that's a verifiable fact.

When working out, play your favorite music loudly for an extra boost of energy.

I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.