I do a lot of challenges I run marathons and stuff like that and I like to challenge myself.

When you narrow down your range and are looking through just that narrow aperture of the lens, the intensity of what you see is so much greater.

Say you are doing a portrait and the face is perfectly done, but the rest of it is done in brushstrokes. That is sort of like what might happen in the films.

Sometimes you talk to people who really don't know anything about your work, and what can you say?

If you think too much in the music you are too late.

Some of my films have caused riots, fights, and all kinds of things.

When my name started popping up I was quite irritated and a little bit in shock.

The things that can go wrong are particular to mediums and they make for qualities that really are of the medium.

To extend the depth of what has been called 'art' into photography requires... making available to the spectator the amazing transformations the subject undergoes to become the photograph.

There is really not that much improvisation in my films. There is an acceptance of a chance.

I am a little bit of a foul mouth and I just like to give it back to people.

Lord, give me the strength to accomplish what You've given me to do and the faith to trust You that what I haven't been able to accomplish You've already assigned to someone else.

We remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. We are and forever will be the United States of America.

Systematically identity top designers as early as possible. The best are often not the most experienced.

When people are struggling, thats a painful place to be in, to not know who you are and where you belong and what you desire.

Every photograph is a battle of form versus content.

Appealingness is inversely proportional to attainability.

Being attractive and being credible can and do go together.

Some air you inhale was exhaled by Cleopatra.

If I ever feel like I’m doing something I’ve done before, I scrap it and start over again.

Acting can be fun. Don't let it get around.