If something rad is going on and it has to do with film, I want to be there. If it's getting coffee, I don't care. It's a passion of mine.

It's masturbation for writers to be able to write this absolutely outrageous personality, in a character that you somehow agree with, part of the time, at least.

I've made compromises to survive in life, and to be able to do what I want to do. But, once anything has been put on screen, I've never made a compromise.

I'm not ill-informed about movies. I like movies that take it to that next step.

In my personal life I've made a lot of compromises. I don't live comfortably. I've lived out of a suitcase for the last 15 years. I have lived without a dime to my name, for a very long time.

Film is my passion. I had no money, after Human Zoo. I was completely broke. It was horrible. My film was in Berlin on opening night, but I couldn't even get to Berlin.

Honestly, Clary, if you don't start utilizing a bit of your natural feminine superiority I just don't know what I'll do with you.

People spoke in whispers, as if the war was listening

If I am to choose between integrity and wealth, I will go for integrity because I believe that lack of integrity is the first killer of wealthiest dreams!

There is madness in every single being, is there not?

Because history is only an aggregate of personal hostilities, personal prejudices, personal blindness and irrationality, there are times when we have to live against it.

You may turn into an archangel, a fool, or a criminal—no one will see it. But when a button is missing—everyone sees that.

There are sure to be two prescriptions diametrically opposite.

I think from a moral issue, CEOs should not be making - whether it's 270 or 300 times more than their workers are making.

The question was, have you heard from anyone on the [Donald] Trump transition team? We have not been contacted.

I got the right temperature for shelter you from the storm