You can't keep wanting to be 20 years old. Everybody knows that, but what's in the next room?

Time is what creates trust.

It is quite rare to find people who are really dedicated to a level of excellence. Most of us are really quite lazy most of the time.

The Woodstock Film festival is among the finest of a dying breed: a festival that isn’t trying to sell you anything, but simply and beautifully celebrating the art & craft of filmmaking.

Read. It makes you more intelligent. It’s that simple. We all see the universe through the tiny keyhole of our own eyes, and every book is another keyhole from which you can gaze.

It's interesting to get older and realize that part of your job growing up in this profession is to help the next generation. More and more, with Boyhood and with Ellar Coltrane and with Emma [Watson], I start to see that role. There's no better way. Nobody wants advice, so you can't really give it. You just have to try to wish them well on their journey.

If you don't risk doing something foolish, you'll never do anything special.