I aspire to be able to appreciate and review a director based on their accomplishments and based on who they are and what they bring to the material, regardless of their gender.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age.

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.

Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

Privacy above all else. Some day, in the future, people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was.

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.

Yes. We will live the rest of our lives in hell. It's not so bad: as long as you're prepared for it, you can live anywhere.

The soul of an artist cannot be muted indefinitely. It must either be expressed or it will consume the host.

You want me, Andy. I can feel it. Yes I want you, I admitted.In a way you'll never want me.

Sometimes success is due less to ability than to zeal.

The nice thing about really intelligent people is that when you talk with them they make you feel intelligent too.

In the end, everything is simple.

Elected officials shouldn’t get to choose who gets to choose elected officials.

It is better to pay tribute of gold to the enemy than tribute of blood in war.

Having just the vision's no solution, everything depends on execution

I'm producing more, but I think to direct, one has to have a burning desire, and that's not me. I'd rather do something else.