You have to know that your collaborators want you to make the movie that you want. Don't back down because you think it's nice to them. You need to have the film be the way that you want it.

To be a great artist, you have to be willing to take risks and to do things that no one would ever pay you for - at first.

The biggest challenge for me in every film is believing that what I have to say is important enough to have lots of people collaborate to make a whole movie. I work on this belief every day.

The films I find boring are the ones that have no space for the audience's misconceptions.

Truthfully, my films don't get funded, they get adopted - and are made thanks to the generosity of others.

Our body is designed to work for reaching a set goal

I've never really had time for romantic relationships. I have much more important things to worry about, like saving the world from zombies.

I’ll wait for you, ” he said as his hand dropped to his side, as his eyes began to dim. “I think I could wait for you forever.

Jazz should be much less about stress on technical exhibitionism and much more on emotional content.

Clearly, high energy prices will have a large negative effect on the California economy and could possibly drag the rest of the nation into a recession.

If someone came to me and said, "Your strategy in your post-presidency is brilliant," as if I had figured out a way to make me look better, to me, that analysis is amusing.

The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems of his own or has refused to face them.

I married her just because she looks like you.

If I ran into a 19-year-old version of myself, I'd just tell her to live, full out. I might also tell her to go ahead and have a few babies and not worry about the timing of it.

It is my belief that people who speak of high school with a sugary fondness are bluffing away early-onset Alzheimer's.