I think I've made a career out of making despicable people likable.

The life of a character doesn't just exist between action and cut.

I don't take a scene or word for granted.

Tarantino and Jackson is like Scorsese and DeNiro, and their silent communication.

I'm not good at telling a joke, but I can say a line in a certain way that makes people uncomfortable because they don't know whether to laugh or not, and I love that comedy.

The guy who kills 38 people is not the guy you'd want to have over at Thanksgiving.

If you ever get the opportunity to work with Quentin Tarantino, you had better believe that it will be an experience of extremes.

But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.

'The Portrait of Dorian Grey' beautifully articulates how the altruistic part of ourselves clashes with our essentially narcissistic state.

I aimlessly travel, meaning I have no agenda other than to get small in the world, be quiet and observe people.

Unfortunately, when you're the king of the hill, there's really only one way to go, and that's down.

Live in this moment ... for it is the only moment we have!

Marriage is a romance in which the hero dies in the first chapter.

Rather than making money I believe in making people happy, all other things are secondary. Money isn't important, creative satisfaction is

Language that tells us, through a more or less emotional reaction, something that can not be said.

Again, having - fortunately having never been in trouble. And eventually I found out that I was on a watch list.

If you're interested in expanding your network, you can't go wrong with Twitter. You don't need to be a celebrity to have fun and grow your network with Twitter.

Poetry, I feel, is a tyrannical discipline. You've got to go so far, so fast, in such a small space, that you've got to burn away all the peripherals.

A republic may be called the climate of civilization.

My sketchbook is a witness of what I am experiencing, scribbling things whenever they happen.

Genre labels are useful only insofar as they help you find an audience.