That wouldn't be a first, now would it?" "Jean." "Jean Grey is dead, Agent." "Yeah, that'll last.

If you think that happiness means total peace, you will never be happy. Peace comes from the acceptance of the part of you that can never be at peace. It will always be in conflict. If you accept that, everything gets a lot better.

Absolutely eat dessert first. The thing that you want to do the most, do that.

Directing is such alchemy, it's so easy to fail. And I've seen people who are great at their jobs because everybody has a go. Editors, DPs, actors, craft services guy, everybody wants to try it out but it is such a diffuse but necessary set of skills that you never know which one this person might lack.

I always watch what I say. I am what I say.

You don't buy a Picasso because you love the frame.

I also don't trust Caribou anymore. They're out there, on the tundra, waiting... Something's going down. I'm right about this.