I grew up going to the movies, not watching them on television, so I'm still a bit resistant to TV as a medium.

I often find myself writing about people taking care of each other, or trying to. And often seem to write about situations that are too big for the characters.

I feel like if you can describe something fully and accurately, then people will be able to see it themselves - they don't need be told what to.

I like to let the actors work the way they want to.

It's not a character flaw to become an adult.

I still haven't quite caught on to the idea of writing without dialogue. I like writing dialogue, and there's nothing wrong with dialogue in movies.

You can shoot a film in New York without seeing the Empire State Building. Or Starbucks...although the latter is much less realistic.

I was nearly a teen-ager before I stopped assuming that everyone I met was Jewish.

The world is really heading in a very dangerous direction, it becomes that much more valuable and important to go to the movies and see human beings that are human beings.

I've reached a new level of closeness with a new friend when I can make a joke at their expense. That's one of the great joys of life for me.

I take it as a sign of intimacy and friendship when you feel comfortable enough with someone to have a little rough and tumble.

The path is undefined. You have to define and walk in your own path.

That stranger handed me a letter written in my beloved's tears. I opened it, and the letters faded away just like his love for me.

It was important that this album [Chain Letter] was an accurate reflection of me

I want to play many different characters.

Yesterday people were going past my window in t shirts and dresses. But that's the men at the BBC for you.

When I paint I am ageless, I just have the pleasure or the difficulty of painting.

After directing movies, I respect any director in this world, because making a movie as a director is tons and tons of work.

Youth instinctively understand the present environment - the electric drama. It lives mythically and in depth.

I really didn't know much about theater. After I signed on, I started reading a lot of Sam Shepard plays just to brush up on my history and do some research.

As of now, ALL your opinions are rejected." - Ichigo