14 quotes found
Filmmaker and novelist · American
American filmmaker and novelist
“Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.”
“I really don't have any solutions and I don't like movies that do.”
“I'm not into extreme sports or something. I just live a quiet life.”
“You and I share the same DNA.Is there anything more lonely than that?”
“I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.”
“CLEMENTINE: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon.JOEL: I know.CLEMENTINE: What do we do?JOEL: Enjoy it.”
“Do I have an original thought in my head? My bald head. Maybe if I were happier, my hair wouldn't be falling out.Life is short. I need to make the most of it. Today is the first day of the rest of ...”
“There really is only one ending to any story. Human life ends in death. Until then, it keeps going and gets complicated and there's loss. Everything involves loss; every relationship ends in one wa...”
“I'm not a concept. Too many guys think I'm a concept or I complete them or I'm going to 'make them alive'but I'm just a fucked up girl who's looking for my own peace of mind. Don't assign me yours.”
“Storytelling is inherently dangerous. Consider a traumatic event in your life. Think about how you experienced it. Now think about how you told it to someone a year later. Now think about how you t...”
“I've had to deal, a lot, with my own sense of intimidation at meeting famous people - especially actors, but really any famous people.”
“There's no way to approach anything in an objective way. We're completely subjective; our view of the world is completely controlled by who we are as human beings, as men or women, by our age, our ...”
“When I'm writing, I'm trying to immerse myself in the chaos of an emotional experience, rather than separate myself from it and look back at it from a distance with clarity and tell it as a story. ...”
“As a writer, or as a filmmaker, you have to present yourself, and part of what yourself is is what you're interested in, or what you think is funny, or what you think is sad, or what you think is h...”