I'm not one to intellectualize why I did something.

I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past.

Even in this world where you’re getting everything you need and having this nice life, there’s still loneliness and longing and disconnection.

I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be invisible.

Don't differentiate between 'This is a job' and 'This is what I'm doing for fun.' It's all simultaneous.

You make a movie that is about what you want it to be about and let people have their reaction to it.

The things that are really out of control, and scary, are emotions - of people around you, that are unpredictable, or those in yourself which are unpredictable.

If I leave my phone in the car and go to dinner or something for a few hours, I'm very proud of myself.

The past is just a story we tell ourselves.

Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.

Be willing to get fired for a good idea.

We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp

I'm a picker, I'm a grinner, I'm a lover and I'm a sinner. I play my music in the sun.

Lucky risk takers use hindsight to reinforce their feeling that their gut is very wise. Hindsight also reinforces others' trust in that individual's gut.

A good margarita, a good red wine, I like expensive alcohol, but not a lot of it. I don't like to throw up.

I am an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort.

You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.

Of all the hurdles you will need to face in this life time the hardest will be your self imposed limitations

As lives go, I'll take the quietly desperate over the radically bipolar.

Love has, at its best, made the inherent sadness of life bearable, and its beauty manifest.

I think that's the problem with kids now. Everything is manufactured. And then they're sitting there watching the television, where all the work is done for them. Radio made me use my imagination.