A film should be a journey, not just for the characters, but for the audience as well.

The mind is an active, dynamic process, not a passive receptacle.

I never really thought about being a director. I just wanted to be an actor. But as I got older, I realized that I wanted to have more control over the films I was in.

不容忍他人的观点（无论他们多么无知或不连贯）不仅仅是错误的；在一个没有对错之分的世界里，情况更糟：这是一个你令人尴尬地不成熟或可能是危险的迹象。

To be is to do.

自然界中每年的痛苦总量超出了所有体面的思考。在我写这句话的一分钟内，成千上万的动物被活生生地吃掉，许多其他动物在逃命，因恐惧而呜咽，其他动物则被寄生虫从内部慢慢吞噬，成千上万的动物因饥饿、口渴和疾病而死亡。