You know, I think everything I do cinematically for the rest of my life will probably have some direct route back to Jonathan. But I love him to death. He's like my best friend and my big brother.

I tried to stick to my game plan, which was always being aware of what my A story was - the love story between a father and his son, and that son and his daughter.

What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff.

The older I get the more I realize there's no real good guys or real bad guys, and I'm curious about how the good guys got good and how the bad guys got bad.

The thing that's great about those guys at Miramax is the Weinstein brothers. They are the two funniest guys I've ever met in my life.

I'm at Miramax now, where I've actually been treated like a Prince.

I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film.

But my humble opinion is, I'm not quite sure where I stand on the legalization of drugs - though, if tequila is legal, pot should probably be legal.

Far too much corporate stupidity is disguised as cost-saving efficiencies.

As long as the earth remains, there will be day and night, planting and harvesting, cold and heat, summer and winter. These cycles shall never ceased. Genesis 8:22

I am a freelancer. My services are available to anyone at any time.

There is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured.

The autonomy of the individual appears to be complemented & enhanced by the movement of the group; while the effectiveness of the group seems to depend on the freedom of the individual.

She who laughs last may not invariably laugh best, but she does laugh.

Reading messed with my brain in an unaccountable way. It made me happy; or something.

Are you referring to the fact that you can't walk across a flat, stable surface without finding something to trip over?

The UN, of course, must also adapt to modern demands and take into account the reality of the modern world in its work.