I'm horrified to admit that I just love Salinger. I was devastated to find out that other people feel the same way.

I think having nature be a part of people's lives helps all of us see ourselves as part of something larger.

If you say to yourself, okay, I will not self-destruct. I don't have to be the most talented person. I don't have to be everybody's best friend, I don't have to be liked, I don't have to be successful, well, one thing I will not do is self-destruct. If you take that out, your chances for success just went up like 800 percent.

I take pleasure in the little things. Double cheeseburgers, those are good, the sky ten minutes before it rains,the moment your laugh turns into a cackle. And I sit here, and smoke my Camel straights, and I ride my own melt.

In all of our society, but especially in Hollywood, there is an obsession with perfection that can lead to self-loathing and neurosis and all that kind of stuff.

You don't need other people to affirm that you're a valuable person.

My process differs... my process for a Richard Linklater film is very different than a process for Training Day.