Violence in real life is terrible; violence in movies can be cool. It's just another colour to work with.

And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my fingers upon thee!

When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'

My plan is to have a theatre in some small town or something and I'll be manager. Ill be the crazy old movie guy.

Just because I was at an anti-police brutality protest, doesn't mean I'm anti-police. We want justice, but stop shooting unarmed people.

If you want to make a movie, make it. Don't wait for a grant, don't wait for the perfect circumstances, just make it.

Don't write what you think people want to read. Find your voice and write about what's in your heart.

In real life there are no bad guys. Everybody just has their own perspective.

Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.

If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.

Hamburgers! The corner-stone of any nutritious breakfast.

Here was the puppeteer who was pulling strings all over the Empire. Didn’t he know that the Fates were the only ones who could tweak the threads of destiny?

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

Usually there's no specific reason for loneliness - it's a broad feeling.

We think of our land and water and human resources not as static and sterile possessions but as life giving assets to be directed by wise provisions for future days.

My investigative technique mostly consisted of going through the list of interested parties and making as much noise as possible, until the culprit lost his patience and tried to shut me up.

You win some, you learn some.

Take an Indian home to lunch.

Not meddling with Divinity, Metaphysicks, Moralls, Politicks, Grammar, Rhetorick, or Logick.

Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.

Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation.