When you talk about God, the first thing that comes along is not love, it's fear. You have to fear, and be in awe. You have to be scared. Any religion, it's like first thing.

We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi.

I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and art.

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.

My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.

I think people are universal.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

Every movie I make. That’s my hideout, the place I don’t quite understand, but feel most at home.

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me

I think great romance needs great obstacles and textures.

Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.

Please, not again what you studied, how long you spent at it, how many books you wrote, what people thought of you - but: what did you learn?

Every burden prepares you for eternity.

Florida is a very healing place.

Because muscle is heavier than fat, dancers weigh more than you might think, but they are usually very lean.

When I was in the penitentiary after being accused of killing a policeman, I was more in the system in the penitentiary than ever.

All that matters on the stage is good art.

Quench love, and what is left of a man's life but the folding of a few jointed bones and square inches of flesh? Who would call that life?

A person like me... isn't even worth the tip of a toe. I can't even compare to half.

I think every person in a group has a right to protest something and not like something. I always find it to be interesting when people take that position before they've seen it.

For oaths are straws, men's faiths are wafer-cakes, And hold-fast is the only dog.