I really (became) very independent. I was start(ed) to write one-woman shows and mak(e) films and to me I think I really felt like my choice (was) mo….

When somebody's really good, they're not just thinking about their job..

You think I led him on? For what? Kicks? I don't have enough exictement in my life, so maybe I'll tease a nice guy, get his hopes up, then laugh and ….

I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer confidence and it's got banks throwing - I mean cent….

There are worse things than being constantly hired to do anything..

My feeling is unless they've somebody lined up and they are convinced he is going to be better than Brian, I think their decision has been made in ha….

As for the people who say tackling problems through clothes is superficial, I think they say that because they have their own issues about self worth..

I think the older I get, the less I should be doing..

A Separation is another film that I think is extraordinary, and one of those things that feels like it's from another planet, much like Terrence Mali….

I am proud to be a Southerner. I think Southern hospitality is very... I don't think it's just a term. I think it really exists. You can come to Sava….

I think people dismiss celebrity memoirs as unreal, contrived and maybe partially made up. But that's definitely not true for anything that I write..

Wasn't it Bertrand Russell who used the phrase 'The superior virtue of the oppressed'? There is always this temptation amongst people that see themse….

I think unscripted variety television may or may not get a bad rap now, but it is a fabulous environment. It is exactly who I am, and there's so much….

One of the things that makes this so topical right now is that I think there are an awful lot of American men - and women, but I'm a man, so that's w….

So much of what we know, and what we think we know, about the land has first passed through someone's lens. The interesting thing is to make use of t….

I think I understand what bands want, just from having made records myself. I understand what it takes to get a good vocal sound, or to make people c….

I think now more than ever there's so much available honesty that you can find on the Internet. You can go on to YouTube and find really, really vuln….

I learned early in my career, where you get so wrapped up and so excited, that all of a sudden you don't think. So I worked very hard to keep myself ….

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 ….