Humans are the only hunters who kill when not hungry.

I've always been interested in how we survive and how resourceful we are as Americans.

Unprotected sex just feels better in a Waffle House bathroom.

All of my movies are about how I wish the world would work. I've made very few movies about how the world worked. I could name them on one and a half hands, about how my movies have been very reflective of how the world was exactly. A lot of my movies are really about the way I wish the world was, and that's what this whole art form is all about. It's an interpretive art form.

I am an American Jew and aware of the sensitivities involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

There is something about killing people at close range that is excruciating. It's bound to try a man's soul.

Whether in success or in failure, I'm proud of every single movie I've ever directed.