I do throw out a lot of ideas, and I forget completely about them.

You are what you love. Not what loves you.

I think of myself as a guy who tries to write screenplays and now has tried to direct one. Anything more than that is meaningless and it gets in the way of being a real human being.

I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.

The only honest and generous thing for me to do is to give people myself. That's all I've got as an artist, so I want to do that in an unflinching way.

The passionate ones, the ones who go after what they want, may not get what they want, but they remain vital, in touch with themselves, and when they lie on their deathbeds, they have few regrets.

Everything I've written is personal - it's the only way I know how to write.

You and I share the same DNA. Is there anything more lonely than that?

Why do I fall in love with every woman I see that shows me the least bit of attention?

Clementine: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon. Joel: I know. Clementine: What do we do? Joel: Enjoy it.

There are nearly thirteen million people in the world. None of those people is an extra. They're all the leads of their own stories. They have to be given their due.

Whatever you attempt, if your attitude sucks, so will you.

It all comes back to the basics. Serve customers the best-tasting food at a good value in a clean, comfortable restaurant, and they'll keep coming back.

It's faith that really takes the courage, the belief in things unseen.

I was just teasing," I say. "I myself don't like to eat plain butter, but hey, it's a free world.

I've crossed lines of word and wire and both have cut me deep. I've been frozen out and I've been on fire, and the tears are mine to weep.

On the road and traveling - that's when people are at their most creative.

Your wealth is waiting for you in the invisible, and to bring it into the visible, think wealth!

I had a lot of friends that were extremely hedonistic, extremely debauched, swapping partners etc.

I feel like everything I make is personal to me.

Obviously everyone has things in their past that they don't enjoy looking back on [Laughs], but no, you can't change it.