Isn't a kid alive who doesn't dream about rewarding her folks, or punishing them.

There's worse that people can steal from you than money.

This is the worst problem with living history museums. They always leave the best parts out. Like typhus. And opium. And scarlet letters. Shunning. Witch-burning.

Minimalism seems closest to the sophisticated storytelling of movies. Movies have really educated contemporary audiences to be the most intelligent, sophisticated audiences in history. We don't any longer need to have the relationship between one scene and the next explained. We will figure it out ourselves.

I haven't had a TV in 10 years, and I really don't miss it. 'Cause it's always so much more fun to be with people than it ever was to be with a television.

Being tired isn't the same as being rich, but most times it's close enough.

I want my whole life lined with a topical anesthetic.