Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.

I was excited to discover, in this tale by Eliade, the key themes that I most hope to understand better - time, consciousness and the dream-like basis of reality.

There's nothing creative about living within your means.

Stay innocent. I'm 69 years old, and I'm still innocent.

I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can.

Although knowledge of structure is helpful, real creativity comes from leaps of faith in which you jump to something illogical. But those leaps form the memorable moments in movies and plays.

The most adventurous thing I've done is learn how to fly a helicopter in the Philippines. One night we landed on a beach and slept on it.