I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.

I intentionally shoot violence to make the audience feel real pain. I have never and I will never shoot violence as if it's some kind of action video game.

My film directorial career has been nothing but repetition of one failure after another!

I thought maybe I could become like the next Van Gogh. I bought a sunflower and painted it, and it looked like the work of a 6-year-old.

For me comedy and violence has a lot in common. Just as you expect, comedy always lurks behind the most unexpected of circumstances.

When people tell me I'm an artist, I say, 'What?' It's impossible for me to take the idea seriously.

Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.

I do all these various activities like painting and writing, comedy and films probably because not that I'm good at everything but because I'm not good at any of these things.

I hate seeing people getting hurt or hurting other people. I hate seeing blood. I am very intolerant of physical pain. I find violence horrifying, so much so that I can't help being intrigued by it.

One thing I hate in movies is when the camera starts circling around the characters. I find that totally fake.

My philosophy is that one shall not resort to violence unless one is resolved to become the subject of violence at any time.

Cynicism is what passes for insight when courage is lacking.

I would encourage you to embrace life in your living.

Coal that bears that pressure meets a diamond.

We have got to mobilize people and rethink our commitment in terms of what our role is in the political process.

That s the problem I ve been choosing male names. You are a she! [To Saphira, while trying to choose her name.]

No one is accountable anymore for anything.

If God answered all of your prayers, would the world look different or just your life?

The worst prohibition, it must be said, is a prohibition on thinking - and that, sadly, is what the U.S. government is guilty of today.

Carolina beach music," Dupree said, coming up on the porch. "The holiest sound on earth.

Man must live, not only exist; he must do, not merely be; he must grow, not just vegetate.