You start with an idea but then so many things can happen.

We go to the movies to forget about time, to be in a dream state. And it's entertainment, distraction, from the fact that everything is kind of crumbling in front of our eyes.

It's good to get away from the editing suite. It's very unhealthy to be sitting in front of the screen for too long.

As an artist, you're always somewhat obscure. We're not talking Hollywood.

Every person's remembering will be different. That engagement is important, I think.

Art is all in the details.

I admire the abstract expressionists and pop artists so right now I'm referencing American '60s art and at the same time referencing Japanese manga culture.

It's the way life is, I suppose. Whatever happens, you deal with it.

I've never been a big cinephile, which may be why I could treat 'The Clock' like a puzzle and force the pieces to fit together in odd ways.

The process of editing is what I enjoy most - putting the pieces together and making sense out of them.

If you make something good and interesting and not ridiculing someone or being offensive, the creators of the original material will like it.

Perfection is a stick with which to beat the possible.

New Orleans is just a doggone fun place to be.

Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Unless he doesn't like sushi, then you also have to teach him to cook.

Certainly there's a phenomenon around open source. You know free software will be a vibrant area. There will be a lot of neat things that get done there.

The readiness to praise others indicates a desire for excellence and perhaps an ability to realize it.

My teammates, they put me on their backs and they wouldn't let me down.

Laws aren't ghosts in this country, they walk around with the smell of earth on them.

Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil.

'Global warming' is just the latest in a long line of hysterical crusades to which we seem to be increasingly susceptible.

One pain is lessened by another's anguish.