The flow of Guiness into the studio was inspirational as well as nutritive.

Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people.

Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.

I dont find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.

A carefree quality is a whole aspect of life that I will never understand. I don't think I have ever been carefree and can't see the pleasure of it.

I'm one of those people who is actually inspired by a deadline. I might not sleep for many days on end, it may not be good for my health, but it definitely helps.

Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.

I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music.

Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to it that I was able to grasp simply by watching conductors.

In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.

I like business and personal life to be distinct.

When you perceive through your senses, the object may be, of the outside world, but you see the object, inside of you, in your awareness field.

It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures but a compromise can usually be found.

You can never properly predict the future as it really turns out. So you are doing something a little different when you write science fiction. You are trying to take a different perspective on now.

It's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't.

I never drink... wine.

I still have trouble identifying grammatical structures by name, though I know them as matters of usage.

When setting out on a journey do not seek advice from someone who never left home

I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager

No offence Mitch, but you look like s*****." "I feel like s****