"Every young writer, I imagine, has their first intellectual magazine, whose essays and articles are devoured all the more greedily for being slightly over one's head. Mine was First Things."

“I know many beautiful people and their lives are just so terrible. They feel so uncomfortable with themselves. Being comfortable is not about what you look like, but how you feel.”

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

“But indifference would ultimately commend itself as a devastating weapon.”

“Sometimes the good fight feels impossible, but I for one, am NOT giving up.”

“I don't like that particular word 'shocking.' I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before … I was in a position to take those pictures. I felt an obligation to do them.”

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

“..and I thought how liking a boy was just the same as believing you wanted to know a secret - everything was better when you were denied and could feel tormented by curiousity or loneliness. But the moment of something happening was treacherous. It was just so tiring to have to worry about whether your face was peeling, or to have to laugh at stories that weren’t funny.”

“The crucial distinction between systems...was no longer ideological.  The main political difference was between those who did, and those who did not, believe that the citizen could -- or should -- be the property of the state.”

“I also think it's crucial to convey that the [Black] Movement largely succeeded because of the unwavering dedication of young people willing to risk their comfort, their safety, their lives.”

“Honestly, I just like to make movies. The funnier the better.”

Source : "EXCLUSIVE: Allen Covert Gets Lost in the Strange Wilderness!". Interview with B.Alan Orange, movieweb.com. December 12, 2007.