“When I'm directing, I noticed I'm not using my subconscious at all. I'...” — Dan Gilroy Quote

“When I'm directing, I noticed I'm not using my subconscious at all. I'm literally using the whole front part of my brain all the time. When you walk on the set, every moment you have to be there because something's going on that requires attention.”

“I'm often stunned when I come up over Mulholland, and I'm looking down at the Valley, and I can see for thirty miles; I can see the mountains, or all the way to the ocean.”

“A sociopath is not just someone who doesn't care about human emotion. They're someone who understands people to the point that they can manipulate them to an extraordinary degree.”

“I have to use other things to help my tennis, like my brain. But I believe that, even when your muscles are not so fast, with the brain and with concentration you can compensate.”

“You can't process me with a normal brain.”

“I just write... I follow the melodies that I can't forget/the ones that pop up in my brain the most.”