I think Sin City is a good example. Nobody would accuse Sin City of being historically inaccurate because it takes place in modern times.

When Reality is a prison, Your mind can set you free.

There's very few dork movies made by dorks.

We've tried as hard as we can into keep the ideas intact in the hail storm that is Hollywood, so, whether he is or not, I'm personally proud of what I've been able to jam down their throats.

The eyes get lost in 3-D. With 3-D, your eyes are looking for the plane of focus, right? And the problem is, when you do quick cuts, your eyes can't find it.

I think I just have a natural operatic aesthetic. I can't help it.

My mom always encouraged me, it was never weird. She'd look at 'Heavy Metal' and go 'Woo-hoo!'

It's difficult to find a movie that feels true to itself. You feel the hand of Hollywood, the moviemaking by committee, on everything.

I write in a pretty straightforward way. I kind of sit down at page one and start writing.

It's more like Christmas, you know, when you get a shot in that looks great and it's exactly what you want. It's a great feeling, and there's nothing like it.

When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.

I've never been somewhere I belonged, but there are places where I think I could be happy. Like San Francisco. Well, do art museums count? Because I feel like I belong in them.

Hey Jude, don't make it bad, take a sad song and make it better.

A performance must capture or communicate with the mood and feelings of that very moment.

Wow, I didn’t even hesitate to call her my girlfriend. That’s a first.

Family: a foundation! Family: a ‘cloth’ keeps the ‘body’!

The logic is backwards. Genius is the result of doing what you love, not a prerequisite for it.

When you have elections in which 90% or 95% or 99% of those elected come from one party, then I think there is some fraudulent act.

The divinity who rules within us, forbids us to leave this world without his command.

Let me just put it that way: I work really hard and play really hard too.

Take you me for a sponge?