“You see a moral in them? Do we have morals?” — Joel Coen Quote

You see a moral in them? Do we have morals?

We don't have any rules about how we depict violence, or how much violence is in a movie. It's a calibration on a case-by-case basis.

I guess there's a certain amount of poking fun at certain characters, but that's because there is something amusing about them or about the way they behave, so I guess you can say that that's poking fun at the character. But the character is your own invention, so who cares?

These things are hard to pin down. We work on a script a bit, then work on a different one.

I couldn't have been happier with the relationship we had with Disney, it couldn't have been easier.

Early on, I said to myself that I would like to write a kind of moral and spiritual history of a place. It sounds a little pretentious, I know. But that's really what I set for myself.

The true object of moral and political disquisition is pleasure or happiness.

If you had to pick between being moral and successful, obviously I'd choose to be moral. However if you can choose both, will you choose both? I'd say definitely.

I don't believe in moral victories. I don't think in pro ball they exist, and they shouldn't exist.

I think I'm a pretty moral guy, a very moral guy, but I'm not perfect.