Happy accidents are real gifts, and they can open the door to a future that didn't even exist. It's kind of nice sometimes to set up something to encourage or allow happy accidents to happen.

I would rather not make a film than make one where I don't have final cut.

Music has fed me a lot of ideas... The film BLUE VELVET came out of Bobby Vinton's version of the song BLUE VELVET.

Meditation is to dive all the way within, beyond thought, to the source of thought and pure consciousness. It enlarges the container, every time you transcend. When you come out, you come out refreshed, filled with energy and enthusiasm for life.

Many things happen that we don't know the significance of until a little bit later.

I love super crispy, almost burned, snapping-crispy bacon.

I have to make what I see, whether it's a painting, a table, or a movie, or it's like a death and what would be the point of that?