What is subversive today, will almost certainly be patriotic tomorrow.
Man, if I can get a burp out of that little thing I feel such a sense of accomplishment.
A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss. . . That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.
So much of making movies is about discovery on the day, what you're figuring out. If you know everything going in, then it's not worth doing - it's already done. I'm interested in finding people who I think have a voice - and a very specific voice.
I don't want to waste time being angry at someone I love.
You dont know someone until you know what they want.
What's valuable to me has become clearer as I've got older. To me, it's about the value of your time and your day and the value of the people you spend it with.
There is nothing that teaches you more than regrouping after failure and moving on.
If someone were to think that trees are made to support the sky, they would all seem too short.
No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.
Reading is an active, imaginative act; it takes work.