I'm trying to tell a story and do it truthfully.

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.

But still, no matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away.

My handbag turned into a diaper bag for the chronically ill.

Only You Can Change Your Life. No One Can Do It For You.

It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.

Don't be too hard on me. Everyone has to sacrifice at the altar of stupidity from time to time.

I love animals. I couldn't eat a whole one but I'll split one with you if you want.

We have white people problems in America. You know what that is? That's when your life is amazing, so you just make stuff up to get worried about.

My job was to produce plutonium that was used for atomic bomb.

Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day.