You know when somebody really knows what they're drawing from and you can feel it when you see the movie.

When a butterfly flutters its wings in one part of the world, it can eventually cause a hurricane in another.

The more you do your homework, the more you're free to be intuitive. But you've got to put the work in.

The best films of any kind, narrative or documentary, provoke questions.

Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced.

Sometimes we don't see certain things until we're ready to see them in a certain way.

When people come together too young, they try to become one person. As you get older, you realize that you don't want to become one person because then you lose the person you are.

Instead of telling the world what you're eating for breakfast, you can use social networking to do something that's meaningful.

It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you.

The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better.

I like it when the deeper you go with the character, the more you see the layers start to peel away.

Where else can we find happiness for a day other than from something that can offer momentary relief, something like the booze?

We learn from conflicts only when we are willing to do so.

Moderation is commonly firm and firmness is commonly successful.

I find that socialism is often misunderstood by its least intelligent supporters and opponents to mean simply unrestrained indulgence of our natural propensity to heave bricks at respectable persons.

I'm kind of like a relic from another era.

The Chicago Symphony is considered the greatest orchestra in the world.

Time is fluid here', said the Demon.

From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take.

There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind

I always felt as though, 'If nothing else, I have a successful marriage.'