I like to make films because I like to go into another world. I like to get lost in another world. And film to me is a magical medium that makes you dream... allows you to dream in the dark. It's just a fantastic thing, to get lost inside the world of film.

It's so freeing, it's beautiful in a way, to have a great failure, there's nowhere to go but up.

But if you can expand that consciousness, make it grow, then when you read about that book, you'll have more understanding; when you look out, more awareness; when you wake up, more wakefulness; as you go about your day, more inner happiness.

I like making films because I like to go into another world. I like to get lost into another world.

When I was little in Spokane, Washington I drew all the time... and my father would bring paper home... and I mostly drew browning automatic water-cooled sub-machine guns... that was my favorite.

I don't think it was pain that made [Vincent Van Gogh] great - I think his painting brought him whatever happiness he had.

The only thing that disturbs me is that many psychopaths say they had a very happy childhood.