I think the way kids create is so inspiring. They're drawing a picture? They love the picture they drew; they're not tortured about it.

I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past.

Even in this world where you’re getting everything you need and having this nice life, there’s still loneliness and longing and disconnection.

I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be invisible.

Don't differentiate between 'This is a job' and 'This is what I'm doing for fun.' It's all simultaneous.

You make a movie that is about what you want it to be about and let people have their reaction to it.

The things that are really out of control, and scary, are emotions - of people around you, that are unpredictable, or those in yourself which are unpredictable.

If I leave my phone in the car and go to dinner or something for a few hours, I'm very proud of myself.

The past is just a story we tell ourselves.

Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.

Be willing to get fired for a good idea.

You see what you expect to see, Severus.

It's easier to dismiss ghosts in the daylight.

Teach us to give and not to count the cost.

I want all people to be Indians first, Indian last and nothing else but Indians.

The computer was born to solve problems that did not exist before.

Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times.

You must read a lot of personal essays - you needn't reinvent the wheel.

The future you see is the future you get.

Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.

The message here is you cannot, under any circumstances, throw an object at an official. You just cannot do it.