The truth is that the more you get paid, the less freedom you have. They never pay you for nothing..

I have totally hitched my wagon to the horse of storytelling, and the idea that none of us know why we're born, or why we're gonna die, or what we're….

Depression is a real demon in the woods for a lot of creative people, you know? It's part of what the documentary is trying to be about for me, findi….

Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome..

If you say to yourself, okay, I will not self-destruct. I don't have to be the most talented person. I don't have to be everybody's best friend, I do….

Friends can hurt you, but the possibility of pain with lovers is so much greater because your expectations are so high. You don't ask as much of your….

I met a lot of famous people when I was about 24. And none of them seemed very appealing. And so I didn't know why I would struggle to be that kind o….

Happiness is in the doing not in getting what you want..

I got to work with Robert DeNiro once and it was a strange experience. Gwyneth Paltrow and I were doing Great Expectations movie together and we were….

The older I get, the more I realize how rare it is to meet a kindred spirit..

Don't you find it odd," she continued, "that when you're a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you're older,….

Give your heart to everybody you meet. The rest is pretense..

Nothing teaches you like getting leveled. And I got leveled in my early 30s. Nothing went exactly the way I thought it would..

There is no trick to writing a believable love story, a heartbreaking scene or real-sounding dialogue. All you need is to tell the truth. It’s always….

The most creative and most periods of my life that were, had the most growth, were the ones where I was perceived to be failing. Perceived success is….

Everything is so finite but that’s what makes our time and specific moments so important..

You don't need other people to affirm that you're a valuable person..

The older I get, the more obvious it is that you're not really in control of your life, you're a part of a larger wave, no matter who you are..

Read. It makes you more intelligent. It’s that simple. We all see the universe through the tiny keyhole of our own eyes, and every book is another ke….

If you can channel the best part of you that is bigger than yourself, where it’s not about your ego and not about getting ahead, then you can have fu….

If you don't risk doing something foolish, you'll never do anything special..