If I had a kid, and someone had touched my kid, I am sure that if I had a gun or a knife, I would go and stab the person who I supposed touched my kid.

My characters are never heroic. They are mostly lost and trying to find the right door to open and they end up opening the wrong doors.

falling in love is the most natural thing in the world. Everybody has been through it, everybody has scars, everybody wants to restart falling in love.

Hallucinations are an inner experience in which most of the time you forget you're there.

Maybe the dreams make the people stronger, whatever.

I feel very protected when I see a movie. That's why I like making violent movies or radical movies.

I always think of moments of love with someone I love.

The hateful reviews are very funny. And sometimes you can enjoy a hateful review much more than a good review.

What I don't like in movies dealing with the illustration of altered states of consciousness is that usually you see the guy from the outside.

I think there can be incestuous love.

Sometimes when I make a movie, my main goal is to show the movie to one particular director.

I hate organized religion. I hate that people use it to justify their crappy, bigoted beliefs.

Citizens who refuse to obey anything but their own conscience can transform countries, it is the basis of any real democracy.

Creativity takes courage.

Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position

The arts celebrate multiple perspectives. One of their large lessons is that there are many ways to see and interpret the world.

I just remember the early days of Tenacious D. There was no talk or thought about doing a TV show or a movie.

There are a lot of great animal rights organizations who save dogs and save cats, but the Humane Society is actually really good at working with Congress and getting legislation actually passed.

Good customer service begins at the top. If your senior people don't get it, even the strongest links further down the line can become compromised.

Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake.