I like titles that are a little difficult, because it's kind of counterintuitive.

You are what you love. Not what loves you.

I think of myself as a guy who tries to write screenplays and now has tried to direct one. Anything more than that is meaningless and it gets in the way of being a real human being.

I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.

The only honest and generous thing for me to do is to give people myself. That's all I've got as an artist, so I want to do that in an unflinching way.

The passionate ones, the ones who go after what they want, may not get what they want, but they remain vital, in touch with themselves, and when they lie on their deathbeds, they have few regrets.

Everything I've written is personal - it's the only way I know how to write.

You and I share the same DNA. Is there anything more lonely than that?

Why do I fall in love with every woman I see that shows me the least bit of attention?

Clementine: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon. Joel: I know. Clementine: What do we do? Joel: Enjoy it.

There are nearly thirteen million people in the world. None of those people is an extra. They're all the leads of their own stories. They have to be given their due.

A rich man, was one who spent a million.

Naive keeps on dreaming of heaven on earth, ignoring the truth that even heavens are at war.

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

Moral claims aren't, as a class, truth-value apt or not.

Without spiritual landmarks, mankind wanders . . . Without the word of God, we walk in circles.

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.

They say men and women can't be friends, but that's not true.

Governance is everything. Without governance we have nothing

A special pathway to citizenship is off the table... when I talk to members of the group in the Senate, they're saying that we're both saying the same thing.

Difference between motivation and inspiration - Motivation is external and short lived. Inspiration is internal and lifelong