Last thing you want to do with a good movie is hold the audience hostage. As an entertainer myself, I just know it's better when you leave 'em wanting more than to stick around too long.

Quentin [Tarantino] is a filmmaker who really dives into things very seriously and deeply. And when he does interviews, he really wears his heart on his sleeve and he doesn't hold anything back.

You've got to trust [that] your own compass will lead you away from whatever mistakes were made.

I'm Jewish, so I don't know much about Easter eggs.

All I can say is, death is a part of life.

I just want to keep learning.

Nothing lives up to what you imagine. It changes, shifts, becomes something else.

There are too many good comic book writers out there. I'd rather remain a fanboy.

I felt film is art and there are people that constructed that art - and that made me want to be a filmmaker.

Make movies you love because it's miserable. Every movie I've worked on at one point or another is exhausting, and you feel like you're making a bad movie.

Every movie has its complexities and its challenges.

I'm perfectly willing to be perfectly human.

If you spend five minutes with me or watch me try to balance my checkbook, you can only imagine the disaster I would make of anyone's legal issues.

The ability to work hard for days on end without losing focus is a talent. The ability to keep absorbing new information after many hours of study is a talent.

God ceases to be God only for those who can admit the possibility of His non-existence, and that conception is in itself the most severe punishment they can suffer.

Grammar school never taught me anything about grammar.

You never know when you start a project just how good it can be.

The bigger the world economy, the more powerful its smallest player.

When I finally went to school I had to adjust to other girls and learn their fiendish ways. Having learnt them, I turned them on all and sundry.

I see possibilities in everything. For everything that's taken away, something of greater value has been given.

Even people who don't share my specific faith (denomination, beliefs, etc.) are typically enthusiastic about my profession of faith in God and my commitment to living to God-given standards.