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.

The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative.

If you don't stick to your plan enough, and you're too seduced by whimsical notions and new ideas, you can kind of lose your train of thought and end up with something that doesn't have a solid through-line.

Sometimes what someone else does is really not what you expected them to do, which to be honest, sometimes doesn't work.

A lot of people, most people who are working, they do it for money. And I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that. It so happens that I made a lot of money already, so I don't have to worry that much about it. I wouldn't fault anybody for doing it for the money, but it doesn't interest me right now.

We’re all beautiful. We all deserve attention.

I think our culture is sick and tired of fluffy nonsense and people want something more sincere and heartfelt.