Billy Beane was a guy who had been devalued by the sport as a player and now is working as a GM for a small-market team.There is such a gulf in what these teams have to spend on talent [that] they can never play equally - they can never have a true competition.

The gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment may be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.

Ideals are peaceful. History is violent.

My main concern is quality and I think there is quality to be found in all categories of filmmaking.

I look at my kids and I feel I'm at the precipice of this job, like just kind of tipping over the other side. I'm very conscious of time I guess is what I want to say, and I want to be there as long as I can with my kids, and I also want to make sure I do all the things that are important to me.

A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.

Fame makes you feel permanently like a girl walking past construction workers.