Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.

You always learn lessons in business.

At a time when all the other builders were selling homes with basements but without carports, we would sell homes without basements and with carports. This allowed us to provide a more appealing product at a lower price. In other words, we felt we would be giving customers greater value.

I don't want to be in the film business. I'm not even sure it's a business.

If people want to criticize me because it sells papers, that's fine. I just don't like it when it's inaccurate.

Anything I do, I spend a lot of time. I do it with passion and intensity. I want to be in charge.

I can't think of another enterprise other than being a homeowner that can't have its debt restructured in bankruptcy. Corporations can but a homeowner can't? Now with securitization the homeowner can't go to the owner of the loan and work things out.