My wife is the fact-checker, I'm in the story telling business.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.

Advice is a form of nostalgia.

Look, I had a passion for comic books growing up.

I mean, '8 ½' to me is such a great dissertation on the whole, you know, act of filmmaking and creativity.

Why live life from dream to dream, and dread the day when dreaming ends.

In this country, particularly, actually in times that are difficult, or from corners of America where you least expect it, unbelievable pure creativity has welled up. Generally because of the cross-fertilization... a Scott Joplin tune becomes jazz, becomes blues, and becomes rock 'n' roll.