That exact moment when you're about to realize that this might be a dream is my favorite thing.

I like the idea of reading into people's faces when they're not emoting. Some people are fascinated, some are sympathizing.

People have a natural tendency to read emotions out of faces, so when you see a face that is hyperreal but without the life behind the eyes, it's really off-putting and intriguing.

Shooting videos with lots of effects is like shooting a bunch of puzzle pieces.

I like the feeling of keeping people off-balance and having the audience not knowing where I'm coming from or keeping that mysterious.

A lot of the music video stuff I've worked on is mostly me pitching ideas, and then if [the artists] have notes or thoughts, I'll integrate them into the idea.

The way I look at stories is often from far outside, like a god's point of view, and also very, very subjective.

At the end of the day, if you don't identify with the main characters, no television show will work.

If artists do have ideas, they're often not great.

Even my nighttime dreams are very, very rooted in reality. They just start to become surreal, little by little.

Obviously the actors are incredible at being the audience surrogates in this crazy universe.

When you heart and soul are in it, making love is not just special, Maryah-- it's magical.

Stars talk about how they dislike fans fussing over them, begging for autographs and things like that, but deep down inside, they love every minute of it.

Leaders tap into the emotions of their people by getting excited themselves

You are to have implicit confidence in your own ability, knowing that it is the nature of thought to externalize itself in your health and affairs, knowing that you are the thinker.

A good marriage is like Dr Who's Tardis: small and banal from the outside but spacious and interesting from within.

If he had another hair on his back, he'd be up a tree.

My first two books did nada. I ended up paying the publishers.

And in most highly academic environments in the United States, no one fails anything.

I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out.

Whom neither shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray.