The problem with doing a schlocky or big budget studio film is that it wouldn't actually be fun for me. It wouldn't be exciting.

Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend off madness and chaos.

As a filmmaker, I ask questions but don't have answers. Moviemaking is a philosophical exploration. I invite the audience to come on the journey and discover what they think and feel.

Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab.

All stereotypes turn out to be true. This is a horrifying thing about life. All those things you fought against as a youth: you begin to realize they're stereotypes because they're true.

I can't imagine a life without humor. Especially if you have an existential understanding of life, you must acknowledge the absurdity of it all.

My understanding of life is very existential. I think that we are our bodies. There's nothing else, and when we die, that's it. No afterlife.

I like to laze around. I think that's a huge part of creativity. You have to let your mind relax and then another part of your brain suddenly connects with the solution you're trying to find.

Censors tend to do what only psychotics do: they confuse reality with illusion.

When I am creating art, I have absolutely no social responsibility. It's like dreaming.

Consciousness is the original sin: consciousness of the inevitability of our death.

Don't violate the law, but don't reject an idea because it's illegal. You might be able to get the law changed.

In the land of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, one brave and honest man is bound to create a scandal.

I tell you I can't be bothered with things like that. I've got a soul above buttons.

Be careful of what you say and do in life, you never know who's watching.

Failure is allowing your fears to make the best of you.

Namby-pamby little routines that don't speed up your heartbeat and make you sweat aren't worth your while.

Leadership is the behavior each of us exerts when we take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.

I got my Equity card from an audition out of Backstage. We did 'Guys and Dolls' and 'Kismet.'

If you think lack you tend to create a condition of lack. Shift your thought pattern to one of abundance and believe that God is now in the process of giving you the abundance you need.

There should always be in sight the draw — a kind of a beacon that draws you on through the labyrinth.