When most people turn on their TVs, they don't expect a frank discussion of philosophical ideas in their practical context. Or any context.

The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. That's how I feel now, no matter what you're doing.

Anything you could ever want or be you already have and are.

The holy trifecta of directing and filmmaking is character emotion, camera movement and music. When you hit those three, that's magical. That's what I'm trying to do.

I got put on jury duty, which is where I learned how to write.

There's nothing better than an actor who is really, really hungry to show everything they've got.

You know, veterans come home and they may not be bipolar, but after they've been through a war with PTSD or a head injury, their families have a handful when they come home.

That's just how I see things. I think things that are the most dramatic or tragic can also look the most ridiculous and funny. That's part of being human.

The idea that anyone would think their religious ideas make them morally superior is just preposterous.

The gift of life is the gift to suffer sometimes and to embrace it, heartbreak and all.

What do we have in life, really? If we're lucky we get to a certain age, and we have each other. We have the food we like. We have our crazy little rituals. And we have each other.

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Some people in my family achieved a lot, some people inherited a lot. But I turned my back on the whole thing.

I take pride in having something to say, which people actually want to hear.

If the people do not like the doctrine of grace, give them all the more of it.

Linux doesn't have IP roots.

I like well to be in the company of explorers

This world is not a place where people can be together forever.

Creationism: the theory that Rome was built in a day.

I would lock myself in my room and drink a case of Corona and smoke a load of pot.

Nothing he said could change what I think of you. I've had my mind made up about you for a long time... and it's all good.