I guess I probably see myself as a director. If I had to choose, I think that that's the aspect of the process that I'm most excited by.

Rather than look at a marriage as two people morphing into one thing, you could see two individuals who are choosing to form a partnership.

There's something really nice about missing the person you're with. To have someone be apart enough to force independence and to also look forward to seeing that person.

My directing is really weird. Everything is based on whether it's working or not. I don't try to fix something if it's not working, I'll just change it.

In the 10 years that I've been a professional filmmaker, the film part of the film industry is really disappearing, right in front of our eyes.

I think I'll try to keep working in film for a little bit. There's something still kind of magical about it, that I don't want to let go of.

Most of my horror inspiration is really older stuff and really new stuff.

The more that I work with people that I don't know, the more I invite somebody in who's potentially going to really hate being there.

I'm usually two projects ahead. It's hard for me because I don't have a really long attention span.

My relationship with my wife is fraught with all of the problems that any couples face, but there is a sense of humor that we have about it and a real desire to want to make it better.

If you're a working mom, you're still expected to be a super-mom at home, buy organic food, put dinner on the table every night, and do all the research into preschools. It's really hard.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

I can't go back, " said Towser. "Nor I, " said Fowler. "They would turn me back into a dog, " said Towser. "And me, " said Fowler, "back into a man.

The soul is a muscle, and it needs to be exercised a little every day. Say a morning prayer just to say something.

The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essential if we are to avoid another September 11th.

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below

Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.

Perhaps I shifted from "me" to "we" when I realized that "I" could get a lot more done with "us."

I am infected with your stupidity.

You have to try your hardest to be at the top of your game and improve every joke you can until the last possible second, and then you have to let it go.

People can travel great distances on a computer, so why can't we travel that way emotionally?