It's not a pleasure torturing actors, although some of them enjoy it.

We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi.

I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and art.

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.

My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.

I think people are universal.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

Every movie I make. That’s my hideout, the place I don’t quite understand, but feel most at home.

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me

I think great romance needs great obstacles and textures.

Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.

I'm very polite by nature, even the voices in my head let each other finish their sentences.

You rob yourself of reaching your maximum potential and the best chance of success when you try to succeed alone.

The more specifically you define your goals the more attainable they become.

The task ahead of you is never as great as the power within you.

Once you transcend the illusions you will discover that — you — are the most thrilling experience you will ever have.

If you are trying to aid people in the process of self-discovery, what you have to do is confound them with so many concepts that are contradictory, yet each make complete sense in its own right.

People are so in need, in need of help. People want so much that they do not know.

The great thing is that when you hire string players you always get really great players. I don't know why that is.

No one warns young people to follow Adam's example. He waited till God saw his need. Then God made Adam sleep, prepared for his mate, and brought her to him.

The world is a mirror into which we look, and see our own image.