I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it's my own.

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

I really believe musical form will go on. There's got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.

In 1977, hip-hop literally wasn't outside the boroughs. But I was profoundly aware of the city through films like Saturday Night Fever, The French Connection, and Network. I had a friend who visited New York, and I asked him what it was like. He said, "Oh, it's great. Just wear a coat and don't look anyone in the eye."

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

In the '60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.

In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.