"Because art is life, playing to other rhythms."

“When I do a movie, I have the script. I know how it begins and how it ends. I know what my character does and where he's going. If I have ideas I want to express or changes I want to make, there's one guy: the director. It's different in television.”

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

“The biggest mistake you can make is listening to people who've given up on their dreams telling you to give up on yours.”

“The paintings of Francis Bacon to my eye are very beautiful. The paintings of Bosch or Goya are to my eye very beautiful. I've also stood in front of those same paintings with people who've said, 'let's get on to the Botticellis as soon as possible.' I have lingered, of course.”

“I would be very, very bored doing light little comedies for my entire career.”

“Making art, I try to just gently persist, instead of having freak-outs where I'm like, Oh, my god, I'll never draw again. You are going to draw again, so you might as well relax.”

Source : Source: www.believermag.com

“The moment you stop worrying about success is when success will happen.”

“We've made hyper motherhood a measure of female success.”

“I love being pushed out of my comfort zone.”

Source : "Batman: Arkham Unhinged Gets a New Writer". Interview with Joey Esposito, www.ign.com. September 25, 2012.