"I had no idea what I wanted, only that I wanted something, which is the worst kind of wanting."

“At the best, sarcasms, bitter irony, scathing wit, are a sort of swordplay of the mind. You pink your adversary, and he is forthwith dead; and then you deserve to be hung for it.”

“You see, in their last moments people show you who they really are.”

Source : "Fictional character: The Joker". "The Dark Knight", www.imdb.com. 2008.

“I came out singing, the doctor slapped me on the head, and I started singing.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I grew up in Texas in a family that fished and hunted, so I've shot guns as a kid.”

“I prefer to take actors and put them in real settings and real locations and real situations rather than create artificial locations that serve the characters. It's just much easier when you are walking down the street with your actors to do that in a real street that's still open with people on it, rather than to close it off and bring in extras.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com

“These big Silicon Valley companies that are popping up are projecting growth skyrocketing in a few years. So they need a space they can grow into. Not so much in New York. Super conservative, super small.”

Source : "What goes into designing The Biggest Loser's sets, stages, and chill rooms?". Interview with AVC, tv.avclub.com. June 27, 2016.

“Getting hurt and narrowly escaping death is sort of a thing for me.”

“Many have referred to [Lewis] Carroll's rhymes as nonsense, but in my childhood world — Los Angeles in the '50s — they made perfect sense.”

Source : Wanda Coleman (2005). “The Riot Inside Me: More Trials & Tremors”, p.7, David R. Godine Publisher