We can all be conned but at what point do we realize that we're being conned and to what point do we allow ourselves to be conned?

It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can direct lots of films, because directing films is fun and interactive and gregarious. Writing isn't.

We're not unique. We're quite volatile as individuals, but that doesn't work exponentially when we are together. Relationships are about eating humble pie.

My principal job is to make interesting and entertaining films, and I'm not proud of which format or which particular technique I use. I just wanted the film to look good.

I'm not under too much of an illusion of how smart or un-smart I am because filmmaking ultimately is about teamwork.

If somebody has a better idea than me, I'll take it if it surpasses what we have on the page because at the end of the day, it's me that takes the credit anyway!

If you change the rules on what controls you... you will change the rules on what you can control.

I got into film-making because I was interested in making entertaining movies, which I felt there was a lack of.

The best thing to do is find one person in your life and try to love them unconditionally. If you've accomplished that, you've accomplished a lot.

I think there's a natural system in your own head about how much violence the scene warrants. It's not an intellectual process, it's an instinctive process.

I got too fed up with films that didn't make you think. I liked the idea of one that you'd have to be dancing around with. I like my mind to be engaged when I watch a film.

Σῶμα ὑγιές ἐν νοῦν ὑγιῆ ~ A healthy body, within a healthy mind

He sank to his knees, absolutely full of despair and sadness. For a long time, droplets of blood continued to fall into his lap.

You realize that you aren’t leaving the battle field behind but are actually taking it with you and it will be a part of you forever

History is the only true teacher, the revolution the best school for the proletariat.

Be about ten times more magnanimous than you believe yourself capable of. Your life will be a hundred times better for it.

The conservative movement was told to curl up in a fetal position and just stay there for the next eight years, thank you very much. Well, how things have changed.

Perhaps pure reason without heart would never have thought of God.

When you try to convince yourself that something doesn't bother you, it usually bothers you more.

I'm just open to new experiences. I've never really settled down into one art. I like to be nomadic with my art.

I've gotten pretty good at leaving characters on the set. I go home and try to relax and regroup and be ready for the next day.