I hate cynicism. I wipe it from me. I don't like cynical people. I don't like cynical movies. Cynicism is very easy. You don't have to justify it. You don't have to fight for it.

All these gadgets, the phone and the computer, they expose the inside of your brain in a way that's bad.

Every great idea is on the verge of being stupid.

Orange is an underrated color, it's the second most underrated color after yellow.

Of course, from time to time, I want to do everything myself and be more involved on my own with the creative process. But I don't mind the collaboration at all.

In my opinion, it's more interesting to see magic happening in a world that feels grounded. If the world is already crazy, then anything can happen. So it's better to start with something real.

I'm not against the technology at all, I just don't like to use it if it's just to mimic what you can do with traditional methods.

I would define myself as being naive and perverse at the same time. And I think that if that is consistent it will make the tone consistent.

When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream.

Misinterpretation leads me to inspiration and creativity because I think my brain is trying to figure out some information that I'm confused about.

I like the days when all the filmmakers had was a film roll, a camera and a gangster. The Mack Sennett comedies were all like that. They'd create little teams to go out and shoot films.

When you're confident in what you bring to the table, you don't have to chase and beg anyone to sit down and eat.

To every soul that knows how to pray, to every soul that by faith comes to Jesus, the true mercy seat, divine sovereignty wears no dark and terrible aspect but is full of love.

That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.

We didn’t have Facebook in my day, we had a phone book but you wouldn’t waste an afternoon on it

Tools get socially interesting after they're no longer technologically interesting.

A woman never sees what we do for her, she only sees what we don't do.

The lunatic fringe wags the underdog.

The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.

I'm thrilled in a way because musicals should be preserved. It's mostly unique to America, and they give us so much joy.

It's like kill or be killed, that's my thing basically.