I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a living working in film.

I can't see any reason why a film shouldn't be stylized and visually beautiful. I don't think a beautiful set is pretentious.

There cannot be any communication except through form. If there is no form, you cannot create emotion in the spectator.

So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally.

I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here.

My films seem to be better understood and better received by the monthly publications. On television the first reactions are usually unfavorable.

It was repugnant, but it was the only way to communicate.

A viewer as opposed to a filmmaker might see a film differently. But I'm extremely comfortable with my style.

For me an unfavorable initial reaction happens fairly often. For some reason the more time that elapses after the film opens, the more favorable the reviews become.

I am never driven. Every film Ive made has been an assignment.

There are things which money cannot buy

You miss 100% of the shots that you don't take. Still wondering whether it is worth giving a shot at your dreams?

I was so getting tired of fighting for my life in the library.

I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy.

I take solace in knowing that some of the steps I took can help other people.

It needs a cold wife to prompt lechery.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

I wanted to do an acting role in a movie that had nothing to do with the music business or in which I would play a singer or a songwriter. When I act, I don't even want to be thought of as Ne-Yo.

Caring for our veterans is the duty of a grateful nation. Unfortunately, the Bush administration and congressional Republicans have not lived up to this duty.

To whom should we marry Freedom, to make it multiply?