Budget grows out of the story. If you're writing a story with people caught in an elevator for most of the film, you're pretty sure it won't be a $200 million movie.

I've changed my mind. I've decided that at the end I want to be cremated and my ashes scattered over someone I don't like.

The point of mythology or myth is to point to the horizon and to point back to ourselves: This is who we are; this is where we came from; and this is where we're going. And a lot of Western society over the last hundred years - the last 50 years really - has lost that. We have become rather aimless and wandering.

When in doubt, blow something up.

Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.

I think that we are already making steps toward mapping out the brain so we can identify the chemical patterns that create and store memory.

The universe considers me its personal cat toy.