The worst question really comes from the attitude of the asker and it usually comes in the form of "What was your inspiration for the film?"

I guess I need a hobby. Currently my primary hobby is complaining.

Everyone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence.

I loved movies. They inspired me more than anything growing up and wanted to do for others what those movies have done for me. I do a lot of other creative stuff but am not very good at it.

Our brains will destroy ourselves if we don't put it outward.

We don't work in the traditional TV format where we're like writing concurrently to shooting. Like, we really view it as a large feature film.

I went to film school at UT Austin. I learned a lot and that school's good for puking up all your bad movies early and quick. But ultimately, no one can teach you to be an artist.

Most people in Hollywood are making about 10 percent of all the things they're considering; I am making 95 percent.

An interview is only as good as both parties are willing to give to the interview and that includes the interviewer.

Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.

Every woman has beauty. Every woman has worth. Every woman deserves a chance at happiness.

Events in life mean nothing if you do not reflect on them in a deep way, and ideas from books are pointless if they have no application to life as you live it.

Humiliation, by the way, is a truly terrible emotion. It's at the bottom of the pile.

I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. It's for others; it's for others to use.

Give me enough ribbons to place on the tunics of my soldiers and I can conquer the world.

I think your typical high-school straight kid nowadays is not the straight guy of yesterday. I think he's way more open and accepting.

School textbooks have almost completely excised any reference to America's true religious heritage.

I started out giving thanks for small things, and the more thankful I became, the more my bounty increased

And if my present actions strike you as foolish, let's just say I've been accused of folly by a fool.

My experiences with dope were not good for me. I had to go another route. Because in my experience, dope didn't give me those insights.