David Foster Wallace

I just think that fiction that isn't exploring what it means to be human today isn't art.

Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride.

The great thing about irony is that it splits things apart, gets up above them so we can see the flaws and hypocrisies and duplicates.

I think the main thing I remembered throughout all of filming it was just that she just was extremely self-destructive. I think everybody can relate to that a little bit. She doesn't like herself.

The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.