I think being a little nuts is helpful.

I like the fact that New York looks a bit backwards, toward the Old World, rather than resolutely forwards.

I like business and personal life to be distinct.

I had piano lessons when I was a kid, like most people. And hated them, like most people. And quit, like most people.

On Being John Malkovich and the cinema of the absurd, I do enjoy it. I wish there were more like it. The very fact that there can't be more like it is one of the reasons it's admirable.

Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people.

The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face.