I'm the one who has to have everybody throw rocks at me all the time, so at least if they're going to throw rocks at me, they're going to throw rocks at me for something I love rather than something I think is not very good, or at least something I think is not finished.

I like making movies. I like the process. I like trying out new ideas, and if they don't work, they don't work. That's the reason I generated the money in the first place, to be able to try things. That's where I spend my money.

I've always just followed my own course, whatever I found the most interesting to me at the moment. I've never had a real plan of, "I want to get from here to there, and I've got to do this."

You must let go of your past and embrace your future and figure out what path you're going to go down

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

Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer.

Someday you're going to have to learn to separate what seems to be important from what really is important.