I think there is nothing that can replace your emotional response. The biggest mistakes I have ever made in my life are when people told me, "You really should produce this. It's a guaranteed hit." I would read the material and I would go, "I don't get it, but okay, I'll produce it." You're giving up that much of your life, your time with family and friends, to something that you're not really committed to - and they did not pan out the way everyone said they would, even though I worked just as hard.

If I'm going to fail, let me fail with something that I care deeply about.

A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine the ramifications of progress.

Film-making is a business and at the bottom line people who don't make fiscally responsible decisions end up going into another line of work.

I just like the comic book sensibility. If I can turn them into films and TV series, that's just icing on the cake.

I think that we can learn so much if we pay attention to our dreams, whether when we are asleep or in waking dreams. There are connections that are absolutely incredible.

A key ingredient to success, I learned, is relying on not only the kindness of strangers, but the kindness of colleagues.