When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.

When Reality is a prison, Your mind can set you free.

There's very few dork movies made by dorks.

We've tried as hard as we can into keep the ideas intact in the hail storm that is Hollywood, so, whether he is or not, I'm personally proud of what I've been able to jam down their throats.

The eyes get lost in 3-D. With 3-D, your eyes are looking for the plane of focus, right? And the problem is, when you do quick cuts, your eyes can't find it.

I think I just have a natural operatic aesthetic. I can't help it.

My mom always encouraged me, it was never weird. She'd look at 'Heavy Metal' and go 'Woo-hoo!'

It's difficult to find a movie that feels true to itself. You feel the hand of Hollywood, the moviemaking by committee, on everything.

I write in a pretty straightforward way. I kind of sit down at page one and start writing.

It's more like Christmas, you know, when you get a shot in that looks great and it's exactly what you want. It's a great feeling, and there's nothing like it.

I heard one time that the Superman glyph is the second or third most recognizable symbol on Earth after the Christian cross.

Religion is a culture of faith science is a culture of doubt.

Reading brings power to the mind and power brings freedom to the mind. Though you ought to read, read what is noble and worthy of not just your time, but your lifetime!

Well, sometimes home is a person.

Now since I've gotten back into it, I've been listening to a lot more of the 1990s death metal type stuff.

Illegal immigration can never be completely stopped, no matter how high the wall or how many patrol agents you have watching it.

Promising is the eve of giving.

You can know a person by the kind of desk he keeps. If the president of a company has a clean desk then it must be the executive vice president who is doing all the work.

The vulgar herd catches at the gross apparent fact, but the man of insight knows what lies on the surfaces does lie.

Prizes aren't essential. What is essential is poetry itself, it's what is said, it is clarity, it's loyalty, those are the essential values, the literary values.

I love people who are real.