When you have something that brings a real emotion, that's the power of cinema.

I don't like Thomas Edison. I'm a fan of Nicolai Tesla.

I love Christmas tree bulbs, and I started putting them in my paintings. You've got to plug this painting in, and it's got a rig in the back, so that each one can be replaced if it burns out.

Films are 50 percent visual and 50 percent sound. Sometimes sound even overplays the visual.

My rule of thumb is, what Siskel and Ebert like, I don't, and vice versa.

The great coming to age of cable is really a beautiful thing. No commercials. It's like a small theater. It's a cinema on a TV screen.

I started Transcendental Meditation in 1973 and have not missed a single meditation ever since. Twice a day, every day. It has given me effortless access to unlimited reserves of energy, creativity and happiness deep within.