159 Quotes by Paul Haggis

I don't know if 'Crash' is a good movie or not because I didn't set out to make a movie. Really, what I wanted to do is more of a social experiment.

United States could be a great country. It needs to be a great country. It's our responsibility as citizens to make that happen, every single one of us.

Usually the characters are where I start. Then I continually ask myself, 'What's the worst thing that could happen to this character?'

I like to write about things about which I have no answers, questions that trouble me. These things trouble me.

What I love about writing is the contradictions we all embody as human beings.

We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing. To look at a character without judgment.

There are very few guys like me. I make a lot of money. I didn't always...

You have to have empathy, knowledge and compassion for your characters if you're a writer.

Always write from your gut, no matter what the project is.