There are things about which I don't even talk to myself..

I get pigeonholed into type-A personality characters, but I'm really not type A. I'm kind of a spaz..

I'm always perversely attracted to characters that seem one thing, but are ultimately revealed as another....

I never base characters on real people. There are people who do that but I really don't know how to do it..

The start of a film is like a gateway, a formal entrance-point. The first three minutes of a film make great demands on an audience's patience and cr….

You cannot predict the future, but you can create it..

I've had the opportunity to do a wide range of stuff, a lot of different characters and they've all had their own kind of thing..

Once we realized that there were these 25 invariable types - the class politician, the frigid popular girl, the kid who tags along behind the jocks -….

I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character..

Adversity builds character and character takes you places money can't..

Most things don't work like they are supposed to work..

Gifts make friends and friends make gifts..

All a writer's characters are imaginary, no matter whether they are based on real people or not. They are people as one imagines them to be..

Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly..

Unless I am a part of everything I am nothing..

I like to listen the blues and some classical..

My only requirement for that first story was that there had to be a fight or an explosion on every page. Naturally, no one wanted to publish it, but ….

As a filmmaker, you are going to manipulate the character as you need to make the scenes work..

As the nation watches, Democrats and Republicans should reflect the interspersed character of America itself. Perhaps, by sitting with each other for….

I feel like when you're dealing with your main character, it has to be relatable and feel grounded, and that's the kind of acting I like to do anyway..

It isn't what you find, it's what you do about what you find..