Ethan Coen

The mountain music... is compelling music in its own right, harking back to a time when music was a part of everyday life and not something performed by celebrities.

It's more interesting for me as an audience member to see a movie about a loser.

Like any kind of writing, there are good days and frustrating days. But even frustrating days can be rewarding sometimes.

I have always had confidence in my own ability.

Marines are very good at fighting... And if Gen. Franks wants fighters on the ground and he puts Marines in, he'll have what he wants.

My feeling for reality TV isn't ironic, guilty, or apologetic. Reality TV is one of the few remaining modes of popular entertainment in which characterization is permitted as plot.