There is not much irony when people are being happy on screen.

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.

Feelings are what you experience when you try to access the immeasurable.

You may be disappointed if you fail but you are doomed if you don't try.

A man's soul can be judged by the way he treats his dog.

My favorite author is Anton Chekhov, not so much for the plays but for his short stories, and I think he was really my tutor.

What is a budget review? A personal review with numbers

Being in attack mode is something I try to bring into every single game, and that's what's making me be so successful.

So OK, it's your special big Four-O birthday But don't expect me to be obsequious and fawning You, being you, can't possibly be a good example So do try, at least, to serve as a warning

The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.

It was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together ... and I knew it.

Life is not worth living for which a man is not prepared to die at any moment.