I think as a filmmaker you try not to have any expectations other than that the film have a fairly substantial beginning, middle and end..

I love when you take bizarre, non-human things and somehow make them human or accessible. I think that's why I like the practical effects. You can lo….

I will not allow people to impose rules on me that don't make sense to me. And I live and work very much outside the literary world and the literary ….

All you have to do is to look like crap on film and everyone thinks you're a brilliant actress. Actually, all you've done is look like crap..

Aristotle turns out to be an extremely practical guide for those asking such personally profound questions, like: What should I do next to find meani….

Art is not politics. The glory of the novel is that in its essence, it is a democratic form, because it treats individuals as worthy of scrutiny. Tha….

One would think that in writing about literary men and matters there would be no difficulty in finding a title for one's essay, or that any embarrass….

We are to regard the mind, not as a piece of iron to be laid upon the anvil and hammered into any shape, nor as a block of marble in which we are to ….

I'm not a suicidal person at all, but on paper it seems that I am. I think I'm really quite horrible to myself in many ways. You always think it's go….

I just wanted to honor who Emily was. She's just a strong woman. Through my journey of playing her, I found a lot of strength, and I think that I've ….

Money out of nothing is money that is eventually worth nothing..

I think it's always hard for people to get their head around the fact that populist, commercial films can also actually be great works of art..

There is often with restaurant reviews in particular, I think, this kind of impulse to be deferential and bow down to the greatness of the restaurant….

Those who think must govern those that toil..

I don't think I could not have been with an artist of some kind, someone creative..

My general approach to making art making hasn't changed much since I was 20, poor, and writing songs in my bedroom wanting to get my art out of my bo….

I think people need a little joy and humor as well as commitment in their lives.

I believe in knowing all you can about the music and the people who made the music. I think it's much more important to know some good Miles Davis st….

No faith is our own that we have not arduously won..

I think someday you're going to be a great writer," he said. "But" he added maliciously, "first you'll have to suffer a bit. I mean really suffer, be….

It turns out that information leaks between universes at the quantum level. We think it accounts for all kinds of phenomena, from what drives evoluti….