Mystery is the number one conjurer of ideas.

I've always loved the electric guitar: to hold it and work it and hear what it does is unreal.

Be true to yourself. Don't take no for an answer. And start your Transcendental Meditation.

True happiness is not out there. True happiness lies within.

They say that negative things like stress, anxiety, tension, sorrow, and depression "squeeze the tube" so ideas don't flow through it. But if you get rid of that negativity, which goes away naturally when you transcend every day, these ideas are more freely flowing, and you get happy in the doing. You get fresh and inspiring ideas, and a bigger picture starts to emerge of the world and life. It's very good for the artist, businessman, fisherman, and any kind of person really.

Humor is very interesting to me. My films are not comedies, but there's comedy in them from time to time, absurdities, just like in real life.

If a scene isn't honest, it stands out like a sore thumb.