The movie doesn't do what you want it do. It just grows and then you have a movie at the end of it, hopefully.

The screenplay is a great document because it makes you have many discussions prior to actually being on the floor.

I'm not looking for artistic license with the script. I tend to arrive at a form with the script and feel that that should be for the time being what we aim for.

I went through a pretty serious illness early in my life and I made a movie about that.

I'm very eclectic in terms of what I like, what I read, what I watch, my own consumer behavior.

I think it's never mono-causal why you fall in love with something that you want to do.

Surely it is the one who fears he is wrong who avoids criticism. The one who is sure he is right invites it. It only illuminates the strength of beliefs and makes them more available to others.

Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.

Every writer must acknowledge and be able to handle the unalterable fact that he has, in effect, given himself a life sentence in solitary confinement.

It is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of sport.

I guess I’m a little weird. I like to talk to trees and animals. That’s okay though; I have more fun than most people.

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

I've always wanted to be an actor. I've never planned on the acting and the stand-up feeding each other; they've always been separate desires.

Honest, I only cheat a leetle.

I feel that we should always be a real friend, always, even to those who chose to be fake. Not because they are nice but because you are.

Emotions are messy and hard to figure out.