Richard Linklater

Being alone is better than sitting next to a lover and feeling lonely.

They say that dreams are only real as long as they last. Couldn't you say the same thing about life?

I think I__ always so much more happy with books and movies and stuff. I think I get more excited about well-done representations of life than life itself.- Celine

I've always been interested in the industrialization of our food it's been an issue for me from an environmental and animal rights and human health perspective.

I was dating girls who were actresses, and that was fun, so I took a playwriting class. But that was short-lived. That was one year. Around that time, I was seeing movies that were making me think in terms of images.

Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times.

It's luck that one thing works out and one doesn't, it's sort of happenstance.

I always had that long-term vision. Even getting going with cinema, knowing it was such a long road to be able to make films, but I always had a long term. Whenever I was starting out, I had that patience.

It's tough, man. Unless it's a tentpole, sequel, remake, or over-the-top comedy, that's all the studios are even doing. They've kind of admitted they're not in the business of doing anything else. The slightest level of irony or intelligence and, boom, you're out of the league, you're done.

I've always liked the minds of criminals, they seem similar to artists.

At some point, you're no longer growing up, you're aging. But no one can pinpoint that moment exactly.

You are both stars, don__ forget.When the stars exploded billions ofyears ago, they formed everythingthat is this world. The moon, thetrees, everything we know isstardust. So don__ forget. Youare stardust.- ROSE PEDDLER