Calling one thing 'literature' and another 'fiction' is a way to create status where there is none.

What people who don't create don't understand, is that once you take money from the machine, the machine [movie industry] owns you.

I was stupid when I was 17 or 18. My thought process was that I thought that I was legitimately a hyper-genius, and so I wanted to go to the hardest academic school I could to see if I was really as smart as I thought I was.

Failure either ruins you, or turns you into the man you can become.

I think 20th century media were about tricking people - and the beauty of the Internet is you can't lie anymore.

You show me a truly funny girl who doesn't have emotional issues, and I'll introduce you to my stable of unicorn thoroughbreds ridden by leprechaun jockeys.

You can't do anything yourself on TV... unless you have a LOT of money, but you can do an independent movie.