See, I don't get the sense that you need to direct at all. Sometimes I get the opposite sensation from you, that you're like, "I really should go do something else." But then you are drawn back in by a particular story, like a hangnail in the brain.
Edward NortonPeople say you can't make movies about your politics or the environment. And, generally speaking, I completely divide those sides of my brain.
Edward NortonInstead of telling the world what you're eating for breakfast, you can use social networking to do something that's meaningful.
Edward NortonEveryone thinks that Fight Club is a very important and successful film, but it was a massive box-office failure. Massive. It was a big flop by any commercial-release standard. And it's been a huge hit on DVD. Everything that movie has become has been on DVD. So you can't stake your sense of creative success on this whole box-office-performance matrix, because if you do, you're going to be disappointed most of the time.
Edward Norton