There's a real power in collaboration. I've found that in collaborating while making art, it takes you to a place that you wouldn't necessarily have the confidence to go on your own.

Modesty is great, and quietness is nice, but sometimes it's much more fun to be decadent.

Autumn clouds, vague and obscure; The evening, lonely and chill. I felt the dampness on my garments, But saw no spot, and heard no sound of rain.

Neither when we have chosen our way can we keep company with those who go the other way. There must come with the decision for truth a corresponding protest against error.

Like so many other nerdy, disaffected young people of that time, I dreamed of becoming an 'artist', i.e., somebody whose adult job was original and creative instead of tedious and dronelike.

I think no one knows my politics.

Do not practice buddha-dharma with the thought that it is to benefit others.

Sometimes, when you get a girl pregnant, you blame the condom. His condom broke that night.

To become successful, first learn how to be happy. Too many think that the route to happiness is to get successful

I'm an advocate of 'it's not what you are, it's who you are.'

Making a movie is like getting married. You're like, "Am I going to marry this project? Am I ready for that kind of commitment?"

Most people perceive their occupation as being a detriment to their overall wellbeing.