I had no plans to be a director.

I am intrigued enough to want to continue, and also to try and work with companies like Sony on modifying the cameras and making them more user-friendly and efficient.

But I don't have such a strong desire to need to get away from filmmaking.

There's nothing quite like the idea of failing spectacularly to excite a film maker

The world is an infinitely fascinating, tragic and humorous place.

One of the things I love about cinema is the range.

I'm a huge fan of world cinema, because each country uses cinema in a very individual way.

I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors.

I like to work my camera as if it were a musical instrument.

I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar.

I've spent my life hearing people trying to apologize for music.

The idea of having a steady job is appealing.

I think anybody who's doing work in their teen years on TV or in the movies, you're a teen idol by default.

The last advance of reason is to recognize that it is surpassed by innumerable things; it is feeble if it cannot realize that.

Your most valuable currency is what comes most naturally to you. Cash in!

Always answer the phone. You never know if it's a hit calling.

Specific music starts feeding my imagination and gives me a landscape that corresponds somehow, in some abstract way, to the world I'm just starting to imagine.

I don't see myself as offending people.

If you believe you are right, then you should believe that you can make the case that you're right. This requires you to deal with serious objections properly.

Art is a form of asset. Hedge-fund managers who have made money fast should diversify into other areas.

Santa Fe is a great place which people don't get there often, but it's like a unique place.