Is there anything sadder than the scrawniest little piece of uneaten chicken at a dinner party?”“Hmm, ” said Jules. “Yes. The Holocaust.

After a certain age, you felt a need not to be alone. It grew stronger, like a radio frequency, until finally it was so powerful that you were forced to do something about it.

Wasn't the whole point of being an artist, or at least part of it, that you didn't have to wear a tie?

But clearly life took people and shook them around until finally they were unrecognizable even to those who had once known them well. Still, there was power in once having known someone.

There was no life Dennis burned to live except, it seemed, a life that wasn't depressed.

The mystery of desire was way beyond the conceptual abilities of Jules Jacobson. It was like ... robotics. Just another subject that she couldn’t understand at all.

If someone said 'diametrically, ' could 'opposed' be far behind?

Dennis was present, still present, and this, she thought as she stayed landed against him, was no small talent.

Jealousy was essentially "I want what you have, " while envy was "I want what you have, but I also want to take it away so you can't have it.

Twitter, " said Manny, waving his hand. "You know what that is? Termites with microphones.

No, of course not. I just feel content, ” she said carefully.“That’s an old person’s word, ” said Ethan.

My heart was full of softening showers, I used to swing like this for hours, I did not care for war or death, I was glad to draw my breath.

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

Take care, take care. This city thrives! It's money gives you wings to soar. But it is a yoke on your shoulders and you would do well to take note of the bruise around your neck.

The hero is valorous because he stands up to every threat directed against his values. Heroism requires value conflict.

I have a child to feed and a spirit that can't be crushed, so I'm able to move ahead.

I have a lot of cultural references that have amassed in my brain like shrapnel over the years that are meaningful to me.

I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms.

I have had the occasion to meet child actors from the '60s and '70s at various functions, and everyone's gone on to various different lives - they're real-estate agents or surfers.

I was already interested in directing when I was very young. I knew that was something I was going to be doing.

Art is our defense against hysteria and death.