I’m not saying that everyone needs to be celibate, but you don’t need a romance to complete a story about a woman

We would go down to Riverside, California, which is very poor now, but that's where my grandfather grew up. He grew up during the Depression in Riverside.

I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited.

I like movies about women behaving badly, because women behave badly just like men, and we're not always adorable and cute about it.

You keep learning how to let go and to live the life that you actually have, as opposed to the life you thought you were going to have.

I've never had a plan, I've always done things from instinct.

I like things that look like mistakes.

Let your characters talk to each other and do things. Spend time with them - they'll tell you who they are and what they're up to.

I feel like most people aren't either/or, they're both/and. You're both magnanimous and petty. You're both kind and cruel. You're never just one thing.

I had dreams, but I didn't have the sense that they would necessarily work out. They seemed very far-fetched.

You feel sadness for time passing. New York is a city that keeps reinventing itself, and I love it so much.

There's a whole category of people who miss out by not allowing themselves to be weird enough.

Those whom you spend most of your time with, and the voices you allow to influence your thoughts, play a significant part in who you become and the future you have.

Anything I’ve ever attempted, I was always willing to fail.

Now everyone is a critic.

Geometry is not true, it is advantageous.

Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

Political technology determines political success.

Movies are - all I've found is that they're just tougher and tougher to make.

I had grown up during Vietnam. I had no connections to the U.S. military, and I had a pretty cynical default opinion about the U.S. military.