So I'm a one movie at a time person, I don't develop. Normally we do a movie then one thing leads to another. If something pops up that catches my attention, then I'll decide.

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.

The only language all human beings understand is the language of humanity.

Whatever happens, love that.

We no longer produce laborers, we would rather pray to God to send laborers to come and build our cities

Failure is enriching. It's also important to accept that you'll make mistakes - it's how you build your expertise. The trick is to learn a positive lesson from all of life's negative moments.

Some sorrows are but footprints in the snow, which the genial sun effaces, or, if it does not wholly efface, changes into dimples.

Your life is in your hands, to make of it what you choose.

I think I'm confused, but I'm not sure!

You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself.

You can be a complainer. Or you can be an achiever. But you can't be both

Having more candidates come with a creative and artistic sensibility would actually bring more people out to vote.