I'm in my mind a lot. I live there.

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.

Often, exactly big complexes force an individual to achieve their big goals and massive success.

In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes, ) which nature cannot repair.

People who buy 'The National Enquirer' would buy poetry. They should be given a choice. I'm absolutely serious.

The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.

The great part about tennis is you can't run out the clock.... As long as we were still playing, I had a chance.

It is not true that Congress spends money like a drunken sailor. Drunken sailors spend their own money. Congress spends our money.

Blood and death. That moves me.

It was crazy how a hearse and a pair of sneakers could cheer a guy up.

I believe our world desperately needs Good News.

I grew up in France, my first language was French, and I tend to gravitate towards French cooking.