I've never even done a residency.

It's always surprised me that mainstream America had the good taste to like R.E.M. It doesn't have the digestible quality the general public tends to look for in its favorite musicians.

The first horror movie I saw, in first or second grade, was My Bloody Valentine [1981], where there's a deranged killer in a miner mask stalking a small coal town.

There's a structure to a detective story that I can easily understand. I understand playing that particular game. It's like solving a puzzle. Or creating a puzzle.

I was never afraid on stage. That's where I was the least afraid. I could just do what I do and I had the amplification and the lights.

When you create a fence, you keep people out, but you also limit your mobility.

I have always wanted to be either a cinematographer or a veterinarian.

I've never had a mentor. I've always wanted one. I'm actually really disappointed that nobody took my under their wing.

Looking back, [R.E.M.]videos, by in large, have always been art films. I'm thinking of "Losing My Religion." That's a landmark piece.

There is a value to moving more slowly through a story.

There's also something sexual about watching the nubile girl in terror. But you do take on her fear as your own.

A beautiful day begins with a beautiful mindset

i laced my shoes with sorrowand walked a weary roaddead end streetsdon't come undonewith double knots wing tipped shoesthat walk on airthrough vacant lots

Shave your head, wear a 'ZERO' shirt. Take away your identity. What do you have? You still have yourself.

Until we know that death is equal to life, we live in fear.

Documentaries have always inspired me in narrative filmmaking.

What does he stand for?

Eliminating spin improves transparency and trust.

I think most people don't exactly know what they're doing, 100%, but they portray themselves as if they do.

When people think about Michigan, they usually think about cars.

If the right to privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion.