However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school.

And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're sexy, they're manipulative, they're dangerous.

You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time

However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years

The camera lies all the time; lies 24 times/second.

I'm always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of move into a motion picture venue

I sometimes go for the strongest, most vivid colour on the palette, which in the case of movies is violence.

It's always great to discover a new star of tomorrow

So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it's one of the most exciting aspects of making movies and almost a lost art at this point

The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually you can cover a lot of bad direction with good acting

I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it.

Those who are happy will make many souls happy.

I don't like phones. You can't be sure people are paying attention to you when you're talking to them.

I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. "Never worry about your heart 'til it stops beating."

Do you know anyone who would - secretly, sincerely, in his innermost self - really prefer to return to childhood?

You've got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you're going to hit civilians.

General Mike Flynn obviously was dealing with Russia. So that's one person. But he was dealing, as he should have been.

Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing would be impossible to us upon the earth.

You could say I'm a bit of a nomad.

We cannot be free of nagging desires through suppression. This is like trying to keep a rubber boat beneath the water. But we remove compulsive desires altogether by understanding their nature.

Progress is the life-style of man.