"I think violence is a legitimate cinematic tool."

"I didn't force her into the car… She got into the car because she trusted me, she believed me. (Seeing that crash) it was heartbreaking, just horrible… the biggest regret of my life."

"To me they're all living inside of this one universe. And it isn't [pointing out the window] out there. Well, it's a little bit out there, and it's also there, too [points at his TV], in the movies, a…"

"I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema."

"I'm not interested in making movies for children."