Style and taste do not have anything to do with the other. It's the difference between wit and humor.

Movies without meaningful dialogue play well all over the world. The Apostle is probably the best movie of the year, but it won't do squat in Korea.

I was dyslexic before anybody knew what dyslexia was. I was called 'slow'. It's an awful feeling to think of yourself as 'slow' - it's horrible.

Beauty doesn't have anything to do with prettiness. Beauty has to do with something else; it gets into an area where words can't go.

Style is the most ephemeral thing I know. It's not about how effective you are it's about how you are effective.

My next film is always shaped by the last one... by the things I feel I didn't get right, or the things I like and want to try to develop further, but it always comes out of the last picture.

Twilight is about getting older and relationships - not about a murder mystery. It's about love when you reach a certain age; nothing is in primary colors.

I couldn't sit down and write a novel or a short story - even now - because of my dyslexia. But I learned narration through movies.

Sometimes other people have better ideas.

It's interesting that there are places that words can't get to.

My education was an education by movies.

Faith reveals the potential.

Close your EYES, hear the RAIN, and listen to my WORDS.

A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice as well as of virtue to inspire him.

When I design a car, I want people to look at it and go, 'Wow, that's kind of interesting, ' and do a second take.

Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals.

When you're cooking in the premier league of restaurants, when things go down, it has to be sorted immediately.

In The Interestings I wanted to write about what happens to talent over time. In some people talent blooms, in others it falls away.

My brothers are both 6 ft. 5 in., and if you have younger brothers who are bigger than you then you have to learn the ancient martial art of sarcasm.

You look tired." "Yeah," I agreed, and shrugged. "Near-death experiences do that to me . . .