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Many criminals believe what they say is true; they could pass a lie detector test.
Having been a singer in a band, back in my youth, music is really important to me.
Free spirited free riders they're on their way but don't know where they're going.
The time is just right to take risks and tell stories the way we want to tell them.
When I'm shooting in other cities, I'm just trying to make it look like California.
Consciousness is the original sin: consciousness of the inevitability of our death.
What we need is someone to abolish the House Of Lords, get rid of the Royal Family.
A trilogy is a pretty abstract notion. You can apply it to almost any three things.
I'm really so singular, I am only able to work on one thing at a time. I really am.
I find it really awkward to do a scene where I'm supposed to seem like I'm in love.
Tobacco and alcohol, delicious fathers of abiding friendships and fertile reveries.
What a moth might see from birth to death if black were white and white were black.
I blew the college boards, and to ease the snub from Harvard made a tour of Europe.
Sometimes people with low self-esteem will try to punish you for caring about them.
I am not a commercial industry creator. I don't believe in making art to make money.
Well I don't think sex and violence have ever stopped a movie from being mainstream.
I like happy sets. Happy sets are good, and I think people feel comfortable on them.
What's interesting to me is the distinction between my old life and my present life.
I don't really know how I grow. I can only see the changes when I look at the films.
I had always written. I had written stories and poems. Then I started writing plays.
If you happen to have a spare $100 million floating around, then you're my producer.
I'm of the school that I will direct you if you request it - if you have a question.
I was surprised to see how much the mainstream environmental movement hates the ELF.
I don't want to do anything that violates my own personal code of ethics and morals.
Tagore once said - art has to be beautiful, but, before that, it has to be truthful.
I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.
I love karaoke. I love maudlin country ballads. In another life I'd be Loretta Lynn.
As a film-maker, it's only natural to feel happy about new possibilities opening up.
What's so great about inspiration is sometimes it finds you when you're not looking.
For a true artist, difficulties become opportunities and clouds become solid present.
When my father died, I did not cry. When my cat died three days later, I cried a lot.
Society feeds terror and is in turn terrorized; we are afraid to lose, so we consume.
I say, 'If somebody steals something of yours, then it's good; he loves what you do.'
I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying.
To be teammates in Formula One actually means you are first rivals, not really mates.
It's a harder time to make original, less conventional movies. But God, we need them!
When we did 'Thirtysomething,' television was either about doctors, lawyers, or cops.
I am somebody who respects Putin highly, but I'm not somebody who is against America.
I have alopecia. My hair fell out when I was in college and I didn't take it so well.
I try to make movies that I love and that I'm passionate about and that I'm proud of.
Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today
I wish that author [ E. L. James] all the success in the world. It's just not for me.
There are so many reactions to art that make sense to me - but 'ick' means something.
We weep for a bird’s cry, but not for a fish’s blood. Blessed are those with a voice.
It's all part of the same ball of wax, right? The oil companies, Israel, Halliburton.
I don't want people leaving the theater depressed after my movies. I want them angry.
Sometimes you have to lie. One often has to distort a thing to catch its true spirit.
Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action.
A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.