I like to make movies about how people actually live, realistically.

In terms of the films I make, I'm just more excited about it if I've written it. It's like living in a house that you've built rather than a rental.

I'm always trying to make movies. It's what I love to do more than anything. I love to write and direct.

I would love to be able to direct episodic television, because it's a great way to make a living, and it's something where I think I could utilize my talents as well as my ability to work fast.

Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.

Speaking as a Christian, I find the Apostle Paul appealing and the apostle Peale appalling.

Don't bore the universe.

The press came out with headlines. Trump throws baby out of arena. I don't throw babies out, believe me. I love babies.

There is no God and that's His only commandment.

You have never lost money in stocks over any 20-year period, but you have wiped out half your portfolio in bonds (after inflation). So which is the riskier asset?

We all make mistakes, and it's not until we make mistakes that we learn.

You never realize what the aftereffect of your activities, however in the event that you don't do anything, obviously there will be no outcome.

All I can do is take influences from where I was raised.

You don't get what you want. You get what you are.