“I don't know how to choose work that illuminates what my life is about. I don't know what my life is about and don't examine it. My life will define itself as I live it. The movies will define themselves as I make them. As long as the theme is something I care about at the moment, it's enough for me to start work. Maybe work itself is what my life is about.”

“All good work requires self-revelation.”

“All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.”

“You never answered my question, about what you want to do with your life. Maybe my dreams aren't that complicated. Maybe I think that a job is just a job.What does that mean?Maybe I don't want to be defined by what I do. Maybe I'd like to be defined by what I am.”

“I don't want my life to be defined by what is etched on a tombstone. I want it to be defined by what is etched in the lives and hearts of those I've touched.”

“I don't know a damn thing. I don't know what it's about. The longer I live, the more mysterious life is.”

“Problem solving, and I don't mean algebra, seems to be my life's work. Maybe it's everyone's life's work.”