Sometimes our fantasies are better than our realities.

Telling one lie almost always requires another, and before the storyteller knows it, they will be caught inside of their own web.

Keep a man on a rope that's short enough to trip him without choking him.

Relationships are like gardening. If you don't water the plants, they die.

You should always say goodbye to the people you love before you walk away. Hug them and hold them tight like it is the last moment you have, because it just might be.

All you need is a vision and a little passion to meet success.

There's no such thing as a mistake. There are only experiences. Some are good, and some are bad. Either way, it is an experience we learn from.

A cluttered mind can make the difference between a nightmare and a dream. Meditate and clear your thoughts before you sleep.

Meditation quiets conscious thought and the physical realm, making a doorway to spiritual awareness.

The most exciting and most defining part of our spirituality comes from the journey we take.

Dating a man is like flying a kite. You only need to know when to wind up the string or let it out.

But Sara has spent enough time in the darkness to know that you often have to remain there for a long time before you’re ready for the light again.

From this point forth, we shall be leaving the firm foundation of fact and journeying together through the murky marshes of memory into thickets of wildest guesswork.

One's outlook is a part of his virtue.

Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence.

Somebody said that I'm a bit like a sponge, grabbing things here and there, soaking stuff up. [As a director] you have to be, really.

Obviously it's difficult not to compare one record success-wise, or sales-wise, or whatever, but I think you're always going to have moments - whatever record you've got - of insecurity.

I want to collaborate. I'm a big believer in collaboration.

Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

Self-deception is nature; hypocrisy is art.

I think film is a director's medium and the good filmmakers that I like tell the darker stories. Therefore, I'm always inclined to follow people like David Cronenberg.