How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me.

Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people.

Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.

I dont find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.

A carefree quality is a whole aspect of life that I will never understand. I don't think I have ever been carefree and can't see the pleasure of it.

I'm one of those people who is actually inspired by a deadline. I might not sleep for many days on end, it may not be good for my health, but it definitely helps.

Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.

I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music.

Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to it that I was able to grasp simply by watching conductors.

In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.

I like business and personal life to be distinct.

I used to love Kapil Dev and, like any schoolboy, wanted to become a cricketer till I started dreaming of making movies.

I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line.

People are people the world over. Some are good, some bad, some greedy and some generous. Nations are like people and act the same way.

Well, I hope your hard self enjoys flogging the bishop tonight!

Read heavily in the area where you want to write. Be aware of what's selling and what's doing well but don't try to write to market trends; they are fleeting.

I want to be back behind the plate as long as I can. I can help the team that way, and I like being in control and in charge.

Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place

The only thing is, the more I see him and Corr together, the more I think of how unbearable it would be for Sean to lose him. But we can't both win.

If Hinduism teaches hatred of Islam or of non-Hindus, it is doomed to destruction.

Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.