"My first car, I got it in an auction at my temple. It was an '86 Volvo that I got for 500 bucks, and then wound up throwing $10,000 into the stereo system and put TVs in the foot rests. It was the most ridiculous Volvo you'd ever seen, but I had never had money before and I was out of my mind."

"My mom is the backbone not just of my family but of many families."

"I was always raised on cowboy films, and then when I could start making choices about the movies I wanted to watch I found myself wanting to watch gangster films which were slightly more sophisticated than the baseline stuff that was in westerns."

"I like messing around, and I like working with artists who I respect."

"It is a subtle truth that every scar carries the quiet memory of a battle faced and survived — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The words of truth are simple."

"Never was anything great achieved without danger."

"It is a essential truth that when you master your attention, you master your entire perception of reality."