For me, lost causes are the only ones that are worth fighting for. The other stuff is not worth fighting for.

It's the difference between a parable and a pamphlet. A parable discusses things that are relevant in the past, the future, and the present - regardless of the outcome in the present. A pamphlet, on the other hand, is completely concerned with affecting an outcome in the present, the most immediate present.

I would much rather see somebody bring something new to a genre than produce something that seems safe.

When you have the intuition that there is something which is there, but out of the reach of your physical world, art and religion are the only means to get to it.

"What makes a man a man?" a friend of mine once wondered. Is it his origins? The way he comes to life? I don't think so. It's the choices he makes. Not how he starts things, but how he decides to end them.

I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue

The other thing that I started doing for myself was, I went through my diary of ideas that I keep and made sure that the translation of the comic to the movie was good.