I talk to God and make deals with him every time I gamble. Otherwise, I leave him alone.

I would die for you. You know that. I would die without you. If it were not for you, I would be dead a hundred times over these past five years.

PhD, MFA, self-taught—the only things you must have to become a writer are the stamina to continue and a wily, cagey heart in the face of extremity, failure, and success.

The adults don't know what's happening on the kids' universe and the kids don't know what's happening on the adults' universe

My friend James Cameron and I made three films together - True Lies, The Terminator and Terminator 2. Of course, that was during his early, low-budget, art-house period.

All you have to do is hold your goal before you and everything else will take care of itself.

There's an undeniable pleasure in stepping into an open-top sports car driven by a beautiful woman. It feels like you're climbing into a metaphor.

Arbores loqui latine. The trees speak Latin.

Life is a series of decisions that cuts off infinite possibilities at every turn. Most people look at that as a sad unfortunate fact of life. Successful people see it as a source of tremendous power.

The work I've done, I'm really feeling the effects of it.

Sticking to it is the genius.