I've held onto little musical sketches that I thought could be useful, and the more time that I spend doing them for each film, then the more I have to draw on.

I am intrigued enough to want to continue, and also to try and work with companies like Sony on modifying the cameras and making them more user-friendly and efficient.

But I don't have such a strong desire to need to get away from filmmaking.

There's nothing quite like the idea of failing spectacularly to excite a film maker

The world is an infinitely fascinating, tragic and humorous place.

One of the things I love about cinema is the range.

I'm a huge fan of world cinema, because each country uses cinema in a very individual way.

I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors.

I like to work my camera as if it were a musical instrument.

I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar.

I've spent my life hearing people trying to apologize for music.

No man was born empty, every man was born with a worth.

The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.

There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism.

Another important rule of affair-having: Never be discreet at the office.

Storytelling is about two things; it's about character and plot.

You were perfect.” Cam dipped his mouth to mine. “Only because I was with you.

I completely remember the horror I felt when my pits started getting hairy. I would walk with my arms pressed against my sides.

The community is eminently Portuguese - that is to say, it is slow, poor, shiftless, sleepy, and lazy.

Only you have the power to change your thoughts. Alter your thoughts and you alter your world.

Marketing is about spreading ideas, and spreading ideas is the single most important output of our civilization.