In a science fiction movie, the first act is a little longer than it is in most movies because there is so much world building to do.

There are a lot of limitations so you have to ultimately focus on what you think the most important storyline is.

As a director, if you know what you want, then it's not scary.

Listen, whatever makes the movie better. That's the attitude you have to have.

Once I got out of architecture school I decided not to be an architect, I just started my own little design studio.

I think the excitement of movies is discovering stuff you weren't expecting, and I hope to preserve that.

For me, I feel like, between 'Tron' and 'Oblivion,' I've gotten to fulfill my 'Star Wars' fantasies, in a way.

You never watch movies the same as you do when you're a kid, ever again.

I love movies that ask big questions but don't necessarily answer everything. I like people walking out thinking about something.

Disney's clearly in the business of doing giant tent pole movies based on properties that they own. And that's what they should be doing because they're great at doing that.

I'm a huge electronic-music fan.

Life is merely terrible

If the universe is anything, it should be fun.

A journey of a thousand mile begins with a SMiLE

Art is created in a state of delirium. Anyting else is the restoration of monuments. Collectors are artist that do not have a home. they have to make one for themselves.

Teach girls to read and to work at something where they can bring home money - and the entire balance of power shifts.

Bush promised a foreign policy of humility and a domestic policy of compassion. He has given us a foreign policy of arrogance and a domestic policy that is cynical, myopic and cruel.

It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do: good Christians content themselves with His will revealed in His Word.

There's such a self-conscious balance that goes into television. Also, these are not people that think things through.

For those who have only ever read about [John] Calvin, reading the man himself is an invigorating experience.

The fight for the future of Texas is just beginning.