Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a long time.

Maybe there are times when mystery is more important than knowledge. I realized that the white page is a magic box. Ultimately, the mistery box is all of us. Ubiquitous technologies. What comes next ? Mystery as catalyst for imagination.

It's not a bad way to live once you let go of the idea that you deserve more.

I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.

'Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope' (1977) is probably the most influential film of my generation. That work was the personification of good and evil and the way it opened up the world to space adventure, the way westerns had to our parents' generations, it left an indelible imprint. So, in a way, everything that any of us does is somehow directly or indirectly affected by the experience of seeing those first three films.

When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.

I hate to look at the stuff I've written and consider what it means or why I do it.