I like the way we talk to each other. It feels honest. It was different with Manuel. One of us always had to win. Husbands and wives do that, worry more about being right than being truthful.

remember that misuse of language can lead to miscommunication, and that miscommunication leads to everything that has ever happened in the whole of the world

When the demons of criticism have fled the thoughts, the Angels of beauty preside - oh cheerful sweet world exorcised!

I asked myself childish questions and proceeded to answer them.

Constitution is a living document; no strict constructionism.

A kitten is the delight of a household. All day long, comedy is played by an incomparable actor.

Nothing's worse than a business person who sells out to the left, if you're a capitalist, stand up and be counted.

I'm from the 'less is more' school. I had to be in the 'more is more' zone with 'Dallas Buyers Club', so I was out of my comfort zone, but I had to trust that.

You learn your lessons from the mistakes you make, not the things you achieve.

Two questions I can't really answer about fiction are 1) where it comes from, and 2) why we need it. But that we do create it and also crave it is beyond dispute.

You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing.