Apparently there’s this kind of songbird that thinks it dies every time the sun goes down. In the morning, when it wakes up, it’s totally shocked to …

- Gus Van Sant

Modern-day cinema takes the form of a sermon. You don't get to think, you only get to receive information.

- Gus Van Sant

I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before.

- Gus Van Sant

A person's sexuality is so much more than one word "gay." No one refers to anyone as just "hetero" because that doesn't say anything. Sexual identity…

- Gus Van Sant

And Later I Thought, I Can't Think How Anyone Can Become a Director Without Learning the Craft of Cinematography.

- Gus Van Sant

Sometimes getting upset with yourself is necessary when you face the truth.

- Gus Van Sant

For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad.

- Gus Van Sant

I used to take photographs just to remember people.

- Gus Van Sant

You never look at the backside of a mirror because when you do, it'll affect your future because you're looking at yourself backwards. No, you're loo…

- Gus Van Sant