One man's accuracy is another man's bullshit.

The thing is there have been American movies that are similar to Solaris, like Alien had a lot of things that are similar, although it's also got the horror element.

Coppola has problems getting financing, so why should I not have problems getting financing.

I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music, architecture, novels, and plays. Anywhere that hits you.

The trick of making movies in this culture is how to not give up everything that makes them worthwhile in order to get them made - and that's a tricky balance.

I direct a lot of TV commercials and music videos.

Certain remakes are great. Carpenter's The Thing is better than the original.

I really love sort of classical cinema where people were telling stories with very little dialogue, and people were using the camera in a really interesting way.

I just like movies that somehow expose the world in a way that's different than you imagine it.

The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment.

I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen.

The universe has a much greater imagination than we do, which is why the real story of the universe is far more interesting than any of the fairy tales we have invented to describe it.

Dragons were notoriously finicky about whom they ate, and thought it the height of bad manners to be kept waiting by their selected fare.

I eat, sleep, and drink my character. It is my fantasy to go to another planet.

Lots of people aren't self-promoters. You've just never heard of them.

Ritual is necessary for us to know anything.

I am from the inner city, the ghetto. If I can use my platform to carry on a legacy and talk about something that's real, I have to do that, period.

Tea Party to establishment from social conservative to libertarian, we all - what people want more than anything is they don't just want a fighter. They want someone who fights and wins.

IT+IT=IT; Indian talent + Information technology = India Tomorrow

It's been a pleasure to bring my talents to south beach now on to Memphis.

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.