I'm not supposed to be the one that's caught with his pants down.

Good dialogue illuminates what people are not saying

In dramatic writing, the very essence is character change. The character at the end is not the same as he was at the beginning. He's changed-psychologically, maybe even physically.

The straight roads are the roads of progress, the crooked roads are thee roads of genius.

You're dumber than you think I think you are.

Either you bring the water to L.A. or you bring L.A. to the water.

I'm not in business to be loved, but I am in business.

Finally, Colin Farrell showed up on my doorstep, only he wasn't Colin Farrell - he was just this Irish kid who had read the script and wanted to do it.

Larry Grobel senses there are no answers in life, only questions. Good ones.

And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody's there that's very anxious to get the movie made.

But time has caught up with it and I think vindicated it. Shampoo, too: very dark, very ambitious movie.

Let us say goodbye to winter to welcome the beauty of spring.

Me would like an invisibility cloak to get the hell out of this mess.

Even if there isn't a God, I believe in the one we've created.

Sometimes the Earth trembles; sometimes you can feel it breathe.

if we center our lives on BMWs, RVs, VCRs, PCs and the other acronyms of consumerism, we cannot expect our children to do otherwise.

When I began experimenting, people weren't ready for it. Once it's in its second and third generational stages, people can accept it.

...some people coddle their own afflictions the way others spoil small pedigreed dogs with cans of pate.

If something looks difficult, it is more fantastic to do it! Stay away from the easy things!

Growing new organs of the body as they wear out, extending the human lifespan? What's not to like?

You have to be really loyal to the people that supported you when you were coming up.