I’m frequently asked why I don’t write my memoirs. I think I have.

One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.

Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them.

The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of himself.

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.

If I never saw another fistfight or car chase or Doberman attack, I wouldn't have any feeling of loss. And that goes for Rottweilers, too.

The critical task is necessarily comparative, and younger people do not truly know what is new

When a picture can't make it on its own, the producers pull in a 'controversial' message - the way a couple whose marriage is falling apart decide to have a baby.

What this generation was bred to at television's knees was not wisdom, but cynicism.

If there is any test that can be applied to movies, it's that the good ones never make you feel virtuous.

Protagonists are always loners, almost by definition.

One of the most valuable gifts that a person can give (or receive) is a productive mentality. It is with a productive mentality that people change their lives for the better, in ways profound.

Your imagination is critical to discovering your dream.

One does not advance when one walks toward no goal, or - which is the same thing - when his goal is infinity.

I was definitely one of those people who fell for the fat-free cookies and chips that are loaded with sugar and calories.

When I write sad songs, I feel like I'm sewing up a scar in me, and the outcome always feels so much better than when I write happy ones.

I want to direct but I think I'd be bloody awful and I don't want to produce but I think I'd be a very good producer because if I believed in something I'd be able to protect it.

And ICE and Border Patrol officers will be allowed to do their jobs the way their jobs are supposed to be done.

I practice yoga nidra to support my mental health and clear my mind space.

I do not knowingly kill any living thing - including insects or rodents - and I thank my food for sustaining me.

The world of men show like a comedy without laughter: populations, interests, government, history; 't is all toy figures in a toyhouse.