I don't want to move over to Beverly Hills. My goal is to make the movies I want to make and support the people I want to support. That's it.

video games are the comic books of our time... It's a medium that gains no respect among the intelligentsia".

I love REAL set construction and think that sets are very important part of the storytelling and scope of a film.

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

I think making small movies reminds you of the effort. When you make big movies, the effort is to fight for freedom. When you make small movies, the effort is making the day, making the budget, and it's great, too.

You need to adjust your compass to an obtainable goal.

I don't try to define the cosmos, I know it's unknowable, but I can understand my place in the world and my place in the universe through a mixture of Taoism, Catholicism, Zen or whatever I have at hand.