My sisters are my favorite people on earth.

I have three sisters and I've always wanted a brother, so I was really interested in that notion.

Tarantino's stuff in its inception was all about finding a way for him to break into Hollywood.

My first film goes into production in October. It's called White Boy Shuffle and it's based on a novel about a young black kid and it's sort of reminiscent of Catcher in the Rye.

The ultimate 20-year plan is to be living in the Caribbean, writing, living off the land, eating from the ocean and probably smoking herb.

Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children.

The idea of doing something that you've seen a thousand times before doesn't appeal to me.

It's nice that people want to compliment you in some superficial way, but I've never considered that that's how I might be categorized. I guess it's better than being called ugly.

A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it's done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making.

Granted, there are times when, for business reasons, you do something that's more mainstream. But even then, I try to find something that has a dark or subversive aspect.

I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds.

I guess there's a Use By date when it comes to blaming your parents for how messed up you are.I guess that's what turning eighteen means.Time to own it.

Close your eyes because all the great sounds of existence can best be heard with eyes shut!

The genius must have his freedom and his independence.

Strength is itself victory.

The new album is a childhood dream come true. Got to sing with Ronnie Spector, got to cover a bunch of songs that were influential in drawing a line between the punk form and original rock and roll.

A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.

Writing is about culture and should be about everything. That's what makes it what it is.

A friend is someone with whom I can reveal many parts of me, even those I am meeting for the first time.

Most of my writing consists of an attempt to translate aphorisms into continuous prose.

Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse; Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse.