I love Bob Dylan. Who doesn't? He tapped into some kind of vein and it keeps on keeping on. There's nobody like him. He's unique, and just... way out cool.

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

If the people in a relationship were able to get rid of this torment within and replace it with happiness, love, and a sense of well-being, they would never think to hurt another human being. They would be filled with an understanding of others and an appreciation of others and have an ability to reconcile differences without any violence whatsoever, to reconcile differences in a very loving way, a very happy way.

Being in darkness and confusion is interesting to me.

Everybody's got creativity. You just get more of it [when you meditate].

It's important that a film is loud and I hope many people agree. You should be inside of a film when you go into a theater. It should surround you, envelope you, so you can live inside a dream.

Most of Hollywood is about making money - and I love money, but I don't make the films thinking about money.