I read an interview with Mark Wahlberg, and he was like, ‘I might read a script and love it, but it’s all about the filmmaker.’ I think that’s a good lesson for me.

Innately, there are qualities in human beings that are always repetitive. There are things like love and hate and jealousy that are just going to be there forever.

I think writing is such a great talent, and if I was better I would love to be a writer.

I like books that are funny, but that aren't trying to be funny. I like situational humor.

I try to create as many circumstances outside of set that help me fall into character when I get onto set.

To sit down at a computer every day and write a script is commendable. I don't have the patience for it, but I have some fantastic ideas.

I'm a calm person who wants to talk about things and think things through.

People make up rumors and put them on the Internet.

The only way to see true reality is in solitude. One of the tragedies of human existence is that reality cannot be shared. What's real to you may not be to someone else.

Hence, within the space of two generations there has been a complete revolution in the attitude of the trades-unions toward the women working in their trades.

I wish Monkeys could Skype. Maybe one day.

That's one of the great thing about writing is that you get to be in someone's head.

I worked for a publishing company in Hollywood.

The world acquires value only through its extremes and endures only through moderation; extremists make the world great, the moderates give it stability.

It's alright to be Goliath but always act like David.

I'm not against mothers. I am against the ideology which expects every woman to have children, and I'm against the circumstances under which mothers have to have their children.

Very unfairly, there's a negative image of the kid, which really stems from the greed and selfishness of the NBA and NCAA. They're forcing these kids to go to school.

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do ... let me do it now.