I think that's one of the reasons it's nice to leave out a lot; it can become a lot more personal to people if there is room for them to put their own experiential time track on it.

With photography, I like to leave a lot of the story, even to myself.

When I'm shooting in other cities, I'm just trying to make it look like California.

I never plan anything in an analytical way before I shoot, but when I look back there seems to be kind of a primary color palette.

I can't even imagine what it is like to make a movie that lasts two hours.

I am looking for the disconnected connection

It's always really scary to release new work.

I never thought about the green, but LA has a lot of greenery.

It's hard for me to approach [a film] as a still image now that I know exactly what it takes to make a movie. I mean, I know what it takes to make a movie that lasts five minutes.

I lived in London for small amounts of time, and in Florida and New York.

I always work with the same composer, his name is Ali Helnwein. I don't have a musical background.

To be a success, plant the seeds of dreams. Then take care of those plants.

If wishes were horses, I'd need a very big stable.

When I say or do something I do it, I don't give a damn what you think, I'm doing this for me.

I've run the marathon several times, so I definitely don't look like the Great Ancestor!

Art is the signature of man.

You may not be thinking about politics, but politics is thinking about you.

Infinities are not for casual exploration. You could fall and keep falling. You could get lost.

Once you compromise yourself in one way, you compromise yourself in another way. And you've just opened the door to compromise, mediocrity, settling.

We want to take action out of the desire to contribute to life rather than out of fear, guilt, shame, or obligation.

What man ever blamed himself for his misfortune?