"People pretend to think they know Stanley Kubrick, and think they know me, when most of them don't know either of us." "And what's really funny about that is, all the parts of A.I. that people assume were Stanley's were mine. And all the parts of A.I. that people accuse me of sweetening and softening and sentimentalizing were all Stanley's."
Love isn't patient and kind and humble. Love is messy. And horrible and selfish and bold. It's not finding your perfect half. It's the trying and reaching and failing. Love is being willing to ruin your good painting for the chance at a great one.