Really, life is full of contradictions. Life is messy.

- Tim Blake Nelson

I think we all live dichotomies. I'm a father of three boys and a loyal homebody sort of husband and father. And yet I act in movies and write and di…

- Tim Blake Nelson

I frankly encountered more anti-Semitism in the northeast than I did in Oklahoma, but not much either place. Anti-Semitism is not part of my life.

- Tim Blake Nelson

I am not a natural singer, but I can sing, and probably the way I sing is more imitative than from myself, which is why I am never going to be an ama…

- Tim Blake Nelson

I love writing about Oklahoma. I love writing Oklahoma characters; I love playing Southwestern characters.

- Tim Blake Nelson

Drama and comedy, to me ,are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once.

- Tim Blake Nelson

I tried to film 'Leaves of Grass' in Oklahoma, but it was literally about a million dollars less to shoot in Louisiana.

- Tim Blake Nelson

I wanted to get the most broad foundation for a lifelong education that I could find, and that was studying Latin and the classics. Meaning Roman and…

- Tim Blake Nelson

We approach life not just to be able to think about it and talk about it and discover its truths, but also to enjoy it. And so a healthy life really …

- Tim Blake Nelson