The older you get, the less seriously you take criticism. I've gotten to a point now where I ignore it completely. It's just not relevant to me anymore.

That had always been my purpose: to get people back in touch with what makes us so valuable as a human race.

I grew up in the era, 'Don't trust anybody over 30.' And, you know, I still feel that. Don't trust me.

The best way to truly understand narrative art is to experience it.

All art is dependent on technology because it's a human endeavour , so even when you're using charcoal on a wall or designed the proscenium arch, that's technology .

'American Graffiti' was unpleasant because of the fact that there was no money, no time, and I was compromising myself to death.

I grew up in San Francisco. And so I'm informed in a certain kind of way about, you know, believing in democracy and believing in America. And I'm a very ardent patriot.