If I know what my finale is when I'm writing a screenplay, then I don't always have to chart out every scene before that. I can adequately find my way. I'm experienced enough to do that.

When you do a studio picture, all the paperwork and legal stuff is already taken care of!

Theres so much diversity of opinion out there, so ultimately you have to listen to it, put it aside, and make what you want to make.

After I script the movie, I have to storyboard it out, I have to budget it, and I have to understand if I can afford all those visual effects or not.

There are trappings of science fiction which I kind of embrace, but there are also cliches which I run from.

In all my science fiction movies, I try to blend the familiar with the futuristic so as not to be too off putting to the audience. There is always something familiar they can grab onto.

To come up short when you reach too far is not such a bad thing rather than not to reach at all, right?

Sometimes, if you leave yourself open, an actor can bring nice nuances to a character.

Strangely, I always have a lot of cut scenes. I keep writing shorter and shorter scripts, thinking that this time, I'll get all my scenes in.

I guess you don't make any franchise movies unless the fans are there.

I don't want to have so much humor [in films] that it undermines the jeopardy, but enough to sometime relieve tension.

If people did not love one another, I really don't see what use there would be in having any spring.

Good...if you've done things you aren't proud of. It means you have a conscience.

The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits.

Sometimes you see beautiful people with no brains. Sometimes you have ugly people who are intelligent, like scientists.

Why are you here? To shine... just shine

I adored my mom. I thought she was the best. I loved her very much.

You can only make sense of the online world by going offline and by getting the wisdom and emotional clarity to know how to make the best use of the Internet.

Yeah, Under The Table And Dreaming shaped the way that I think about writing songs.

The day you realize that your efforts and rewards are not related, it really frees up your calendar.

We have made mistakes! We were too late. If we had presented our national interests more clearly from the beginning, the world would still be in balance today.