Jesse James is like a Leonard Cohen song, I wanted to do something that was like a pop song.

Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.

I always feel that crime films are about capitalism.

The crime film is the most honest American film.

Americans are not renowned for having a sense of irony.

It's a wonderful thing to go to work and have no idea what you're going to do.

I like test screenings. I like to see a movie with an audience of strangers. I think it tells you a lot.

Obviously, a power player in a criminal organization doesnt have to persuade anyone. He can just do what he wants.

I'm sure part of the fascination with the film is voyeuristic - that we go to see somebody who's been struck by lightning.

I think the film gives you a picture of a person. It gives you a complete picture.

As a filmmaker, it's important to sit there and feel embarrassed. If you feel embarrassed by something, you cut it.

Save time, worry about everything all at once!

Every actor-performer says this, and it sounds so irritating, but I'm not the most outgoing person.

Some digital natives are extraordinarily savvy.

A romance novel should leave readers joyous. My books all have happy endings.

Victory is the child of preparation and determination.

The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes.

Set not thyself to attain much rest, but much patience.

When I was in university, my dream was to be a coach, like a high school track coach. Not to teach.

Film is an editor's medium. You can create very good raw material and they can make it horrible, or you can do not so well and they can make it beautiful. You don't really know.

If your mind dislike anything obey it