This guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, Doc, my brother’s crazy. He thinks he’s a chicken. The doctor says, Well, why don’t you turn him in? And the guy says, I would but I need the eggs. Well I guess that’s pretty much how I feel about relationships. You know they’re totally irrational and crazy and absurd but I guess we keep going through it because, uh, most of us need the eggs.

The great question of philosophy remains: If life is meaningless, what can be done about alphabet soup?

The less I speak to the actors, the better. And I always hire great people, and I don't want to impose my pre-conceived notions on them. They know how to play it.

90% of success in life is showing up

I loathed every day and regret every day I spent in school. I like to be taught to read and write and add and then be left alone.

I read in self-defense.

It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune.