The lies are in the dialogue, the truth is in the visuals.

The beautiful moment sits very close to the horrific one.

Happiness is a strange word. So conclusive. Happiness is a thing that happens for a moment.

I'm 51. So I'm just saying, 30 years from now you're going to have a different outlook. That's what a midlife crisis is.

I don't dislike everything I do. Especially with a film, you don't have an easy relationship with it when it's done because it's been your life.

I like to have a project. I live to have something to waste my energy on, something to think about. To figure out like a puzzle.

Waking up and having a project to work on is one of life's great pleasures.

I'm drawn to people that have tasks to do.

I don't have to be making something to feel like life has value.

I'm looking at the window and can't understand why there are six hundred thousand SUVs here in this little town. No one can even move. Why doesn't everyone just get out and walk?

I'm not miserable, but I can't not be angry.

We are saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth of Christ Jesus, Son of God.

The lazy are always wanting to do something.

Other people need a full night's sleep in order to function and be healthy and alert. But I'm different.

New York is a city of conversations overheard, of people at the next restaurant table (micrometers away) checking your watch, of people reading the stories in your newspaper on the subway train.

Without changing one's self, without peace in one's self, world peace is not possible.

Forests precede us and deserts dog our heels.

Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.

Getting a role in Harry Potter was like winning the lottery. But no one deserves an acting job.

It's pretty clear to me that working as a director for hire agrees with me. I like it. The films that have come out of that, I personally like better than the ones that didn't.

All objective pleasure in the long run must bring pain, because of the fact of change or death.