A major threshold is passed when you mature enough to acknowledge what drives you, and to take the wheel and steer it.

And I'm not anti-sequel, but I just feel like there are very few ideas that are meant to be continued.

That's what great art does - it inspires other artists to do great art, and that's what it should do.

I think in the future we might see things arrive the way Prince announces a concert where a few days before the show he announces it and tickets just go up. You might see that with movies and other things.

I almost feel like its an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure. I dont want to paint the same painting again. I dont want to make the same sculpture again. Why shouldnt a big movie studio be able to make those small independent kinds of pictures? Why not change it up?

In storytelling, the audience actually wants to work for their meal, they just don't want to know that they're doing it.

The greatest story commandment is: Make me care.