As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far..

I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody..

In the film business, it's basically honor among thieves..

I grew up in the Bronx. I'm into rap music..

My job is going to be to direct the film - I'm going to do it. And that's where my job ends..

My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it..

The world is constantly changing. You're constantly learning and you have to be willing to get off your mark, and get off your spot and take that kno….

Even if you're a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you're still in the world - although I guess being a poet is a different than having to de….

I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success..

That's the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you..

But I'm never gonna get to a point in my life where what it costs to shoot a movie is going to determine what it is. The limits of my imagination is ….

Movies are only the result of where we are as human beings..

I'm about my characters..

Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting..

Life is what happens when you're doing other things, right?.

The more you get into any religion, it becomes the same. It really becomes how you treat other people and how you get outside yourself. How you look ….

The last day of your life is still going to be a day..

My existence is about making movies, so I've just got to rock and roll with the punches. You want to make movies on telephones, I'm there..

A script is not a piece of literature, it's a process..

I don't need to push myself. I don't need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat. I'm trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to….

Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door..