My flag is always flying. My shingle is always out. I'm always looking for movie ideas. The hardest part of this whole movie-making endeavor is finding ideas. That's the real goal.

I've always approached screenplays and so forth with, "How would it really happen?" Not "What's the movie version?" but "What's the real-life version?" Then I just follow my nose.

Each one of my movies becomes easier to get off the ground.

Forgiving yourself may be for many people, at least for myself, extremely difficult. And then in a larger context, I will say that I'm constantly astonished by those who pray daily, "Forgive me my sins as I forgive those who sin against me," and beat very loudly the war drum.

I think cynicism lasts. Sentimentality ages, dates quickly.

If you're not making epic, archetypal films on some level, I think you're wasting a great potential of cinema.

I think if you watch most of my films with the sound off, you could still tell what's going on.