I do feel there's certainly some films where you can feel that the directors don't care about the genre and they don't care about their characters.

Filmmaking is incredible introspective. It forces you to sort of examine yourself in new ways.

We've always been a band who's taken forever to do things. After writing 'Persona' I think we wrote about four songs in three years!

The truth is, writing and directing are two very different jobs. They're not even remotely the same job. It took me a while, as a director, to understand that.

Ive found that if you just try to make the film you want, youll find the right audience. If you try to please everyone, youre going to make really boring films.

The more work you put in on your outline and getting the skeleton of your story right, the easier the process is later.

This is what I do for fun - brainstorm about monsters!

I do love writing but it is a lonely profession. You're lonely and optimistic at the same time.

The greatest villain of all time is The Joker - he always has been, and I don't know anyone who's not going to have Heath Ledger's performance burnt into their brains for the rest of their lives.

I happen to like things that are funny and dramatic at the same time. I don't see the difference.

Everything I've ever worked on has been hard to classify.

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.

Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place.

You cannot be anything you want to be - but you can be a whole lot more of who you already are.

Fate is an obligation I don't understand--the reasons that random beast passed over her deserving soul in favor of mine.

You don't need a wishbone, you need a backbone.

Who fears t' offend takes the first step to please.

I'm pretty much a self-taught player. My swing hasn't changed a whole lot, I don't think. But I watch a lot of people.

There is a kind of immortality in every garden.

It was all very well for an Englishman like Mr. Fogg to make the tour of the world with a carpet-bag; a lady could not be expected to travel comfortably under such conditions.

Don't ever let someone tell you, you can't do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you got to protect it.