The mainstream usually follows trends, it seldom sets them except for a few films.

Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

The measure of our success will be the condition on which we leave the world for the next generation.

God, I just love baseball.

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.

Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in the consciousness of the audience in a good way.

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

Not taking a risk is a risk. That's how I see it.

I’ve never heard of a man being so eager to confess to the parent of a girl he’s just ruined

Generosity is also marked by doing what one says one will do.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Is there life in other families?

I keep defying the odds, you know.

Suddenly Star Wars came out while we were on hiatus, and we looked like the old Buck Rogers series, where they had cigarette smoke blowing out the back of the rocket ship.

The gardener's rule applies to youth and age: When young 'sow wild oats'; but when old, grow sage.

I am a quiet man who grows through adversity.

A budget takes the fun out of money.

Perfection is always infinite. We are the Infinite already. You and I, and all beings, are trying to manifest that infinity.