As a writer, or as a filmmaker, you have to present yourself, and part of what yourself is is what you're interested in, or what you think is funny, ….

The biggest thing that I came across, right off the bat, was that you can't shoot this like a regular movie with multiple takes. You have to, because….

I'm moving - as a person and as a writer - through time. I'm a different age. I'm thinking about different things. I have different life experiences.….

As I'm writing, I start to see connections, and themes I didn't see, and that sparks other things. So then I go back and rewrite things or alter them….

Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain decisions you….

I like titles that are a little difficult, because it's kind of counterintuitive..

You are what you love. Not what loves you..

I try to make things interesting and thought-provoking..

Why do I fall in love with every woman I see that shows me the least bit of attention?.

I think you just assume that your memory is just sort of a video playback of your experience, but it's nothing like that at all. It's a complete refa….

I love working with actors. I love visual things. I always intended to be a writer who directs and a director who writes..

People ask me all the time, "What are your influences? Are you trying to do Beckett?" It's like, "No, I'm trying to do me." Whatever that is. I don't….

I think there are things that aren't represented in movies that are a big part of everyone's life. We romanticize everything about people in movies. ….

I was trying to figure out what a memory feels like..

David Lynch is very important to me, and he does dreamlike movies, but my dreams are not like David Lynch's dreams. I have no interest in copying any….

I think that people have expectations of themselves and other people that are based on these fictions that are presented to them as the way human lif….

I think dreams are metaphors. Everything you do in writing is metaphorical. So it seems like the same arena to me..

You and I share the same DNA. Is there anything more lonely than that?.

The world needs you. It doesn't need you at a party having read a book about how to appear smart at parties - these books exist, and they're tempting….

I have a background in theater, so I have experience with actors. I like actors - I used to be one..

Clementine: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon. Joel: I know. Clementine: What do we do? Joel: Enjoy it..