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Meet me in Montauk.

She was nice. Nice is good.

I have a lot of health anxiety.

I like actors - I used to be one.

I graduated from college in 1980.

I'm in my mind a lot. I live there.

The end is built into the beginning.

Writing is a journey into the unknown.

As a kid, I had a background in theater.

You are what you love. Not what loves you.

Sand is overrated. It's just tiny little rocks.

I'm trying to tell a story and do it truthfully.

Sometimes I don't like the books that I'm reading.

I don't think I've had a lonely moment in my life.

Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.

I was trying to figure out what a memory feels like.

I try to make things interesting and thought-provoking.

I wanted to deal with someone's idea of their relationship.

There's theater in life, obviously, and there's life in theater.

If you ever got me, you wouldn't have a clue what to do with me.

The only way to do something interesting is not care if you fail.

I do throw out a lot of ideas, and I forget completely about them.

I really don't have any solutions and I don't like movies that do.

I'm not into extreme sports or something. I just live a quiet life.

You and I share the same DNA. Is there anything more lonely than that?

I want to create situations that give people something to think about.

The sad thing about working on a movie is that you can never see the movie.

Everything I've written is personal - it's the only way I know how to write.

I like titles that are a little difficult, because it's kind of counterintuitive.

Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see a tenth of what is true.

I feel like I want to keep moving toward idiosyncracy. Personal, personal, personal.

I think everything I do is based on my experience in the world in one way or another.

Why do I fall in love with every woman I see that shows me the least bit of attention?

I just try to be honest, because I think that's part of my job description as a writer.

I want to do my own thing, and I'm trying to get closer to realizing that as a filmmaker.

I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.

I don't subscribe to anything. I sit there and I try to think about what seems honest to me.

I have ideas written down some places, but usually I can't find them. I'm not very organized.

I do have, at different times, a certain kind of self-consciousness in the world, an insecurity.

I have a background in theater, so I have experience with actors. I like actors - I used to be one.

I have a tendency to hire people who tend to be unattractive to the studios. Maybe this is a bad idea.

Do not simplify. Do not worry about failure. Failure is a badge of honour. It means you risked failure.

I try to present something that is true so I don't further destroy the world with my contribution to it.

I don't write genre stuff in any form. I'm not interested in it. I always try to do the opposite of that.

I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.

My time on the set is the least of my involvement. Most of my time is in pre-production and post-production.

Seriously, I don't consider myself a writer. I don't think I have writing talent. But I will continue to do it.

I think dreams are metaphors. Everything you do in writing is metaphorical. So it seems like the same arena to me.

Clementine: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon. Joel: I know. Clementine: What do we do? Joel: Enjoy it.

I want to try it to see what it's like and see what my stuff looks like when I take it from inception to completion.

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