I'm not under too much of an illusion of how smart or un-smart I am because filmmaking ultimately is about teamwork.

It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can direct lots of films, because directing films is fun and interactive and gregarious. Writing isn't.

We're not unique. We're quite volatile as individuals, but that doesn't work exponentially when we are together. Relationships are about eating humble pie.

My principal job is to make interesting and entertaining films, and I'm not proud of which format or which particular technique I use. I just wanted the film to look good.

If somebody has a better idea than me, I'll take it if it surpasses what we have on the page because at the end of the day, it's me that takes the credit anyway!

If you change the rules on what controls you... you will change the rules on what you can control.

I got into film-making because I was interested in making entertaining movies, which I felt there was a lack of.

The best thing to do is find one person in your life and try to love them unconditionally. If you've accomplished that, you've accomplished a lot.

We can all be conned but at what point do we realize that we're being conned and to what point do we allow ourselves to be conned?

I think there's a natural system in your own head about how much violence the scene warrants. It's not an intellectual process, it's an instinctive process.

I got too fed up with films that didn't make you think. I liked the idea of one that you'd have to be dancing around with. I like my mind to be engaged when I watch a film.

In such moments of precious, invaluable misery, she rejoiced in tears of agony...

Oh, no, nope, shoot. Are we about to human mate?

He (Abraham Lincoln) is one of the few men in history, our own history and all history, whose religion was great enough to bridge the gulfs between the sects, to encompass us all.

Get in touch with your intuitive and creative powers, bring your desires to life in order to create a life of bliss.

The way to get motivated and stay motivated is to identify, define, and emotionally connect to your dreams.

The drug culture has shaped at least one major change since the Sixties; It became the basis for overloading our prisons.

We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.

You can write a letter with a typewriter, a pencil, or a crayon. What you have to say is the important thing.

Ford Fairlane was one of those movies that was so much fun to make that it was bound not to be a big hit.

The reason I am thinking so far in advance is because school is terribly lonely. I think I've said that before, but it's getting harder every day.