Hey, you want to hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you.

One of my biggest influences, of course, is David Simon and his work on 'The Wire.'

I'm a big fan of the movies of the '60s, more than a fan of the movies of the '70s.

Tomorrow is going to be different than yesterday, it's going to be a lot different.

Life has a peculiar habit -- once established, it stays. Sometimes it even thrives.

Some people only look at the good stuff and some people only look at the bad stuff.

If you do something with acceptance and kindness, you can create a true friendship.

Directing was liberating and intimidating. It's something I've always wanted to do.

I'll bet your father spent the first year of your life throwing rocks at the stork.

You will never convince anyone to do anything unless you believe it should be done.

When entertainment works the best, you're creating an apparatus to convey emotions.

If I ever acquire wisdom, I suppose I'll be wise enough to know what to do with it.

Obviously, I love Steph Curry. I think he's dope and a really cool player to watch.

The thing for me is to always tell the truth. Not to preach, but to tell the truth.

taste is like a sense of humor. I never met a person who didn't think they had one.

All thought is created, therefore we are all creators of whatever world we live in.

The way you think either stands in your way or assists you in achieving your goals.

There is a musical rhythm to great writing, especially if it's performed correctly.

Ideas are born from what is smelled, heard, seen, experienced, felt, emotionalized.

I find it very difficult to live through the censorship of profanity on television.

I think John Landgraf sees things in the same way I do. We see eye to eye on a lot.

I hate 'The Professional.' It's one of the worst action/adventure movies ever made.

The story [of Allied] stayed with me, like a stray dog outside the office, waiting.

After my father died, we began to live. He was psychotic. He really was terrifying.

Once the voices are in your head, it's either make a movie or kill a lot of people.

My problem is I'm like a junkie. I want a good movie fix, and I never get that fix.

When you read, don't just consider what the author thinks, consider what you think.

The screenwriters I know share a few personality traits and one of them is anxiety.

Dialogue is used to reveal not what we want to say, but what we are trying to hide.

If you die, I'll die.' 'But is you live, I'll live.' - Bowman and Kestrel, Firesong

I think socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.

I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.

Governor Palin leans far closer to 'spokesperson' than representative of the people.

Things I used to get in trouble for writing at 'SNL,' suddenly other people like it.

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.

People underestimate hip-hop the way they have sometimes underestimated comic books.

Success is never bad in Hollywood. It is what you do with success that will dog you.

Oh my God, you look at all the uniforms in Star Wars, and it's all Nazi iconography.

What makes a movie now is a package, a brand, a remake or some preexisting material.

I'm the beacon of hope, and I have mental powers you never dreamed of. Now be quiet.

Filmmaking is a real democracy - it's up to the audience to vote with their tickets.

Juno MacGuff: You can never have too many of your favorite one calorie breath mints.

Los Angeles is often described as the nadir of vapidity, a smog-choked space cradle.

One is always considered mad, when one discovers something that others cannot grasp.

Like good wine, marriage gets better with age - once you learn to keep a cork in it.

I'd like to work with the missus, but there's nothing in the pipeline at the moment.

I've always maintained that people that are funny and smart can do anything in film.

I'm a very hard-line, angry atheist. Yet I am fascinated by the concept of devotion.

Life's a show and we all play a part And when the music starts We open up our hearts

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