I'm a complete coward in real life.

I grew up in Vancouver, man. That's where more than half of my style comes from.

People don't usually wanna kill me for one of my movies until after they've paid 12 bucks for it.

It's not dying you need to be afraid of, it's never having lived in the first place.

Please don't wear skinny jeans if you don't have skinny genes.

Claiming that someone's marriage is against your religion is like being angry at someone for eating a donut because you're on a diet.

You want to create an environment where we're fostering ideas, not rejecting them.

I feel much more comfortable as a writer than an actor. I feel like I am a much better writer than I am an actor.

Most comedy comes out of misery.

I don't think all of my ideas are good. It's almost easier when people are critical of you because it helps with the quality control.

Even vegetables have feelings in our world.

Teaching and writing have tended to proceed on parallel lines, but there have been times when there was indeed carry-over from the classroom to the creative work.

It has been aptly said that all Egypt is but the facade of an immense sepulcher.

When cats sat staring into the fire they were thinking out problems.

Public schools are where the next generation of leaders are educated and where cultural exchange will take place.

All my friends are dying. That's why I always wear black.

It's easy, after all, not to be a writer. Most people aren't writers, and very little harm comes to them.

I like to begin every screenplay with a burst of delusional self-confidence. It tends to fade pretty quickly, but for me, at least, there doesn't seem to be any other way to start writing a script.

I was always totally convinced that three weeks after the revolution they'd put me up against the wall and shoot me.

I'm an advocate for buying few, but very good quality pieces of clothing, and if you do that you need to take care of them.

I never want to be in a position where I have to defend my material. It's too subjective. It's for other people to defend or not defend.