I don't like to deal with studios. I don't like to have conversations with executives. I pitch to the studio, then never talk to them until the test screening.

We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi.

I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and art.

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.

My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.

I think people are universal.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

Every movie I make. That’s my hideout, the place I don’t quite understand, but feel most at home.

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me

I think great romance needs great obstacles and textures.

Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.

Man made God in his own image...

Some people choose to be wrong just to prove they were always right...

She used to tell me that a full moon was when mysterious things happen and wishes come true.

Whenever I fail as a father or husband... a toy and a diamond always works.

Because I show you my pain, I do not of necessity love you.

Nothing is rarer than the use of a word in its exact meaning.

Anybody who doesn't like this book is healthy

[She was] kept there in the sort of embrace a man gives to the dearest creature the world holds for him.

I don't have to forgive you, Cath said. It's not like that with you. You're just in with me. Always. No matter what happens.

You have to take an active role in making yourself happy. That's why I say happiness is a choice. Because you have to choose it.