In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer.

In kindergarten that used to be my job, to tell them fairytales. I liked Hans Christian Andersen, and the Grimm fairy tales, all the classic fairy tales.

I believe that filmmaking - as, probably, is everything - is a game you should play with all your cards, and all your dice, and whatever else you've got. So, each time I make a movie, I give it everything I have. I think everyone should, and I think everyone should do everything they do that way.

I live near San Francisco in the most beautiful spot on earth and enjoy myself in many ways. Yes, I love to work, which for now is to think and read and write, so it's all a dream come true.

There's nothing creative about living within your means.

Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand.

There can't be art without risk. It's like saying No Sex, and then expecting there to be children.