I had to travel into the future and direct 'Jurassic World' as myself in 20 years - and I did.

I didn't watch horror movies when I was a kid. I didn't watch any bad movies.

There's no shame in being romantic at all. I think people want to feel that sense of romance, which is rarely even attempted anymore.

'Intelligent Life' is kind of a companion piece to 'Safety Not Guaranteed.' Internally, it's a sci-fi romantic thriller.

No one says: I broke rules, I broke rules, I broke rules - I broke all the rules. That one. And that one. And that one too. Yes, I did.

He is able to put aside personal feelings and see the broad strokes. Experience counts in these things.

An eye for an eye will only make the world bright. Sorry, Mahatma. This is the absolute and only true form of justice.

When you start with a necessary evil, and then over time the necessity passes away, what's left?

I could have written a misery memoir and instead I tried to make it funny. I never complained.

While woman sheds the Blood of Life each moon at menstruation, man can only shed the blood of death through warfare and killing.

Sometimes while you wait for what you think is better, Philomene said, what is good enough slips away.

What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and no involvement in the decision-making.

Is it a fact-or have I dreamt it-that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time?

Laughter opens your heart and soothes your soul. No one should ever take life so seriously that they forget to laugh at themselves.