- Directors who say that their movies are like their children have either never had children or aren't spending enough time with the ones they've got.
- Everything I've wanted to do I've done. But it's always taken me a hell of a lot longer than I expected.
- If you're an independent filmmaker, but you're dependent on Sundance for success, then how independent are you?
- Divorce is my family's only enduring tradition.
- At the beginning, I was proud to say, 'Yeah, I'm a Mormon filmmaker' because then, I was defining what a Mormon filmmaker was. It quickly got completely out of my control. Now, no one wants to call themselves a Mormon filmmaker because you're associating yourself with a genre that's fallen into disrepute. It's like having porn on your resume.
- These virtues that religions co-opt don't belong to them. They belong to humanity. Things like love, kindness, honesty, etc. They were not invented by religion and they are not exclusive to religion.
- I would never sell my soul for my art, but I wouldn't mind renting it out now and then.
- Would I whore myself for my art? After considerable thought and deep introspection, here's my answer: If, in exchange for sexual favors, a wealthy woman promised me the financing for one of my prized film projects, then...I would give her the best shagging of her entire life.
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