When I'm looking for Zen and I'm not saying this facetiously at all - I would really rather surf, scuba dive, or fly my plane. And, when I feel tension about the grind of work, it's not getting the money to make films versus making films that constitutes the grind, it's all this stuff.

Making really great music, making really great films, writing great books is an antidote to all of that. And, as people, as artists, some of the massive disruption that technology is causing is so exciting, the way that people can share creativity now.

I tend to have a kind of tunnel vision when I'm looking at an individual piece.

Sometimes we don't see certain things until we're ready to see them in a certain way.

I've observed over and over that people seem to get a much deeper sense of fulfillment out of something they've done as an act of service than out of the things they do for themselves.

I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government.

I do find myself drawn more to pieces that I feel are wrestling with the way that we're living now, what we're all going through.