Story is important but the most important is the theme and how you're going to convey theme cinematically. I'm a believer also.

The amazing thing is that the more money it takes for a movie to get made, the more you feel like everybody wants you to fail.

As a director, you're only as good as your collaborators. You surround with collaborators that are going to understand what you're trying to do. Not only that, they're going to push and fight for what you're trying to do.

There is a certain thing that you have to just stick to the plan, stick to what you want to do, and you try to work with studios and executives that they get it.

Cautionary tales were fantastic in the '70s.

Story is important but the most important is the theme and how you're going to convey theme cinematically. I'm a believer also.

I find it very stupid that teenagers could only see caricatures of teenagers but they couldn't see films that you try to be a truthful context, a truthful portrayal of teenagers.