The unconscious is our best collaborator.

It's the hardest thing on earth to like yourself, and then when you do, it's a catastrophe. I mean, the people I know who like themselves - I don't want to see them!

There's nothing in the American dream about character. It's a serious flaw.

Any good movie is filled with secrets.

The only safe thing in filmmaking is to take a chance.

Jewish introspection and Jewish humor is a way of surviving . . . if you're not handsome and you're not athletic and you're not rich, there's still one last hope with girls, which is being funny.

I love the editing process of making movies. I just wish that life had one.