"We are very puritan in America. We still hold true to these really antiquated values, this idea of the sanctity of marriage."

"In my view, relationship movies never get old because humanity will never not be confounded by their relationships."

"Women always try to see the one good part of The Weird Guy because the dating landscape is so bleak. Women will say, 'He's very odd, but he likes to cook. He's creepy, but he makes good pancakes!'"

"Megacollectors suppose they can enter art history by spending astronomical amounts."

"Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release."

"I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were."

"Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life."