"I don't like to repeat myself. I like to try new things."

"You don't go to see Metallica and ask the fuckers to turn the music down."

"You wouldn't think the colour of a writer's skin should have any effect on the words themselves. In a lot of the more ugly pieces, my motives were really brought to bear in the most negative way. It's…"

"I don't think about the message of my films. I just think about the story."

"I'm a big fan of dialogue. I think it's important."