War is so complex; human nature is so complex. There's no filmmaker who has ever figured it out perfectly.

If I didn't have my films as an outlet for all the different sides of me, I would probably be locked up.

I used to think I was unstable, because I had this thirst for something. I could never figure out what it was. I couldn’t sleep at night, and I always wanted to be somewhere else. I have a window tattooed, this little box, and it’s because wherever I was, I wanted to be somewhere else. And, I always saw myself, wherever I was in life, staring out the window.

There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now.

Every day we choose who we are by how we define ourselves.

I think if you make a good movie people walk away arguing.

I'm shy to call myself a director still. When someone says, 'What do you do for a living?' I don't know if I've earned that.