I Think That The Environmental Movement Is

The Elegance Of Staying With A Moment, Without Needing To Stop And Change All The Lighting, Made [the Alternative] Seem Lazy And Indulgent.

It's Better For People To Miss You Than To Have Seen Too Much Of You.

Most Of The Movies That I've Made That I Really Felt Good About And Cared About Made Very Little Money Anyway, So I'm Not Particularly Worried About People Downloading And Sharing Them.

People Think Because I Went To Yale That That Implies Privilege, And It Is A Privilege In The Sense That It's An Incredible Opportunity.

If You Try To Make Interesting Films, You're Going To Be Disappointed Most Of The Time. I Choose Just Not To Look At It That Way. I Don't Look At American History X As A Failure, Or Fight Club As A Failure, Or 25th Hour As A Failure, Or Larry Flynt As A Failure, Or Any Of The Movies That I Care About That I've Made That Were Not Immediately Successful. I'll Stand With Those Movies Any Day Over 90 Percent Of The Movies That Came Out At The Same Time That Made A Hundred Million Dollars