I'm not one to intellectualize why I did something.

- Spike Jonze

The past is just a story we tell ourselves.

- Spike Jonze

The things that are really out of control, and scary, are emotions - of people around you, that are unpredictable, or those in yourself which are unp…

- Spike Jonze

I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past.

- Spike Jonze

If you compromise what you're trying to do just a little bit, you'll end up compromising a little more the next day or the next week, and when you li…

- Spike Jonze

Even in this world where you’re getting everything you need and having this nice life, there’s still loneliness and longing and disconnection.

- Spike Jonze

I feel like you only have so much time to make stuff. I'm definitely aware of that. I'm also excited about it.

- Spike Jonze

You make a movie that is about what you want it to be about and let people have their reaction to it.

- Spike Jonze

I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be invisible.

- Spike Jonze