If you don't know yourself then take time to find yourself

Sometimes we need to feel bad to know what it's like to feel good...

Some people may like you, and some people may not, keep living your life dreams, you will succeed!

Attempts to control complex systems … tend to be pointless at best or destructive at worst.

Every phase of a film has to go against what was done in the previous one.

The US spends more on energy R&D than all other countries put together, and I personally consider it quite inadequate.

My parents listened to music in our house all the time when we were growing up. It was everything from Dolly Parton to Paul Simon... We packed in everything.

I remember Paul [Dano] had said at one point that when he finished this film [Swiss Army Man] was the strongest he'd ever been just from lugging me around for [several] weeks.

A life is black, whiten it as you will.

I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.

Real love is always chaotic. You lose control; you lose perspective. You lose the ability to protect yourself. The greater the love, the greater the chaos. It’s a given and that’s the secret.

Jesus who cannot suffer long to keep you in affliction will come to relieve and comfort you by infusing fresh courage into your soul.

The romantic artist expects people to ask, 'What has he got to say?' The classical artist expects them to ask, 'How does he say it?