You've got to let accidents and strange things happen - let it work, so it's got an organic sort of quality ... By trying to remove yourself you can see some fantastic things sometimes.

I felt I should have been the happiest person in the world. But I looked inside, and that happiness was only on the surface, not so deep. Beneath it was hollow. Up until that time, I had been thinking meditation was a joke, a fad and a waste of time.

I'm not a musician, but I play music. So it's a strange thing.

I have no problem getting financing. I have a problem catching ideas that I fall in love with for the next feature.

Some people grew up in the '70s, powerful, beautiful memories of the '70s which to me is one of the worst decades. It has something to do with that. Has something to with the birth of rock 'n' roll, and something to do with those American cars. an incredible design. There was so much optimism at that time and it must leak into the process.

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

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