I learned a lesson which I didn't heed: Don't put yourself in your movies. It's too much.

I like movies that are about real people in real time with real problems.

It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing that matters.

In college, you're kind of designing who you want to be. And I wanted to be a big reader.

I kicked college nostalgia in my late 20s. As much as I loved college and treasure the memories, I no longer want to go back.

I care about reading, a lot. It's a big part of my life.

Even though I occasionally appear on it, I don't watch television.

Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.

Film allows me to ask some really big questions with the time to explore them deeply. I love the form.

I actually have a thing about proper nouns. They clang on my ear in a weird way when I hear them dropped into movies.

All of the things I used to obsess over, I'm no longer as obsessed with. I have new concerns but they're a little more existential or cosmic.

Throw off your grief, ' doubters imply, 'and we can all go back to pretending death doesn't exist, or at least is comfortably far away.

There is only one thing that you write for yourself, and that is a shopping list.

It is by your own that you have to learn a lesson and they by themselves so that they will blame you not.

I guess if you take yourself seriously as an artist there starts either the problem or the beauty of doing good artwork.

My opinion of a good zombie walk is to loll your head as if it's a little too heavy and the muscles have begun to atrophy.

I have known many an instance of a man writing a letter and forgetting to sign his name, but this is the only instance I have ever known of a man signing his name and forgetting to write the letter.

God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.

Talent is only interesting if it's challenged.

Beauty too often sacrifices to fashion.

If you want to live as a Christian, get comfortable with being uncomfortable.