When you practice Transcendental Meditation you are given a key to the deepest level of life.

A lot of artists think they want anger. But a real, strong, bitter anger occupies the mind, leaving no room for creativity.

A filmmaker doesn't have to suffer to show suffering. You just have to understand it. You don't have to die to shoot a death scene.

Film can't just be a long line of bliss. There's something we all like about the human struggle.

I was raised Presbyterian, but I'm not really going to church. I think the experience in meditation is pretty much where it's at for me.

This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top.

See, a painting is much cheaper than making a film. And photography is, you know, way cheap. So if I get an idea for a film, there are many ways to get it together and go realise that film. There's really nothing to be afraid of.