It becomes an extension of your imagination to make something tangible and concrete.

The fun of directing for me, other than working with the actors, is trying to extract those ideas that you have in your head and make them real.

I've been clawing my way to directing since I was a kid.

I just wanted to make movies, but I never though about, "How am I being perceived because of my culture or my skin?"

If you can make the day, you can do whatever you want.

TV is all new to me because I came from features.

Ryan Murphy just gives new people a shot, and it takes a lot of confidence and generosity to do that.

I don't set out to do something weird, but if you see something a certain way and it's a little left of center, and you can realize it, that's a real thrill.

To me film school was film history because there weren't a lot of books out there that I had access to.

At some point, you have an opportunity to not be a first-time filmmaker anymore. You can embrace the genre and show the world how you can tell stories on a bigger scale.

If someone already knows you from being in the trenches with you on this TV schedules, and then you have a little bit more time, it's a treat for them, as well, because they can give you more.

Because a shadow was a thing that defined itself, and Nettie didn't have to fit anyone else's shape.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

I really just followed my musical instincts every step of my life.

He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.

Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? ... That's interesting. I hadn't heard that.

I'm just happy I got a hole-in-one for the first time in my life.

Life brings you exactly what you need.

I don't want to hear about my death.

Business has to give people enriching, rewarding lives...or it's simply not worth doing.

You want success and then when you do get it, you don't want it because of the attention.