I think it's my nature to try and make original content, and that's what I've done, is just try and approach things in an original way, and do things differently.

Comic books and graphic novels are a great medium. It's incredibly underused.

Turning 30 was when my parents both got cancer and were fighting it and beat it, but their mortality started to get to me. Everything wasn't as hunky-dory like it was.

As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch it.

I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was, no matter how low it gets, something good will come along - something always comes out of that dark period.

I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and challenge yourself and take chances.

I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker.

I'm Godless. I've had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking

Every film had its own grammar. And it's your job as a director to basically figure out a language to tell a story.

At the end of Requiem all I wanted to do was get a DV camera and just do a small film. But then the hunger comes back.

I hope that Requiem is better than Pi. I hope that Pi is better than my student films, and I'm hoping that I'm getting better as I get older.

Love them that hate you, but you can't love them whom you hate.

There can be no real fight between a tiger and a chicken

It is only people of small stature who have to stand on their dignity.

Knowledge is wonderful and truth serene But man in their service bleeds.

Secret of my success was to have ambition and know minds of men.

Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.

I'm not cutthroat. I'm Midwestern.

I recommend a balance between the therapies that are available, the medicines that are available but not to give up on the body as a result.

Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues.

The internet is a dark, dark place. I wouldn't be surprised if somewhere, someone has this file that says, "Scott Foley, on March 13, 2012, was searching for how to dispose of a body for 48 hours."