You guys might be surprised, but I am not Honey Boo Boo Child.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age.

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.

Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

Privacy above all else. Some day, in the future, people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was.

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.

You will meet many opponents in your time that will come face to face with your flaws, trust the chaos ~ pain & confusion is the pathway to break open and become free.

There are all kinds of psychological disorders in the West that don't exist in Asia.

There might be some of them that don't care. To me, it's important that my fans know how much I appreciate them.

Think twice before you speak to a friend in need

Anyone who hasn't been nervous, or hasn't choked somewhere down the line, is an idiot.

You wear clothes so beautifully!

As all who come into the country must obey the King, so all who come into an university must be of the Church.

Pour him out of here!

Good character is more important than wealth, good looks, popularity and even education. These things do not guarantee happiness and often they become obstacles to developing good character.

I never made films like kind of career moves, like making this film in order to make that film in order to end up in Hollywood.