I want to explore new ideas and put myself in a place where I can finish a project that is more unusual or that doesn't seem doable.

All these gadgets, the phone and the computer, they expose the inside of your brain in a way that's bad.

Every great idea is on the verge of being stupid.

Orange is an underrated color, it's the second most underrated color after yellow.

Of course, from time to time, I want to do everything myself and be more involved on my own with the creative process. But I don't mind the collaboration at all.

In my opinion, it's more interesting to see magic happening in a world that feels grounded. If the world is already crazy, then anything can happen. So it's better to start with something real.

I'm not against the technology at all, I just don't like to use it if it's just to mimic what you can do with traditional methods.

I would define myself as being naive and perverse at the same time. And I think that if that is consistent it will make the tone consistent.

When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream.

Misinterpretation leads me to inspiration and creativity because I think my brain is trying to figure out some information that I'm confused about.

I like the days when all the filmmakers had was a film roll, a camera and a gangster. The Mack Sennett comedies were all like that. They'd create little teams to go out and shoot films.

Poetry is not the most important thing in life... I'd much rather lie in a hot bath reading Agatha Christie and sucking sweets.

Since when do you look out for me? You really have grown up.""Had to happen sometime, " I say.

Man is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight

Enough is enough. This is how we get started in Vietnam.

I was too jitterbuggy happy to sleep, and the whole day kept playing in my brain's little screening room.

An ounce of convention is worth a pound of explanation.

Group meditation according to Jon Kabat

I think what happened there was just the budget would be too big to build these sets because nothing really exists here in New York of that period; you have to build it all.

So, twice a week, I go to a beauty salon and have my hair blown dry. It’s cheaper by far than psychoanalysis, and much more uplifting.

The good of the whole of Creation, the world and all its creatures together, is never a consideration because it is never thought of; our culture now simply lacks the means for thinking of it.