People think you're like The Godfather, waiting for scripts to come in. But, you're hustling, you're desperate, you're panicked and you're horrified. The movie you think you're going to do next, you don't do. The movie you think you're never going to do, you make.

You need to adjust your compass to an obtainable goal.

There's something worse than not making a movie. It's doing it for the wrong reasons. Then you end up putting three, four, five years of your life into it and you come out with a thing that you're not proud of.

I think part of making movies is dealing with restrictions of freedom and budget. I'd rather deal with restrictions of budget. It's better to feel free within any budget.

You can't explain success in retrospect. The moment you leap into the void, that moment is impossible to negate, after success.

You give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.

The reality is that I feel that fear is a very spiritual emotion.