A lot of movies try to set up a world with cool sets, costumes, camera work. In Brick, the world is born from the words.

Most scripts are bad. I read a lot of them.

I've always found it sort of hilarious, and occasionally horrifying, how these images [in mass media] impact us, and especially when it comes to love and sex and relationships, I think we sometimes develop unrealistic expectations.

There's an absolute prejudice that good movies are dramas and comedies are more dismissable. But I couldn't disagree more.

A man touched me: his hand... my thigh. I touched him too: my fist... his jaw.

The sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear.

I think there is something beautiful in reveling in sadness. The proof is how beautiful sad songs can be. So I don’t think being sad is to be avoided. It’s apathy and boredom you want to avoid. But feeling anything is good, I think. Maybe that’s sadistic of me.