Every minute doing one thing is a minute not doing something else. Every choice is another choice not made another path grown over lost.

Relationships are the only thing that matter in business in life.

As my life went on and I met Frank Sinatra and people like that, and I watched live performers on stage, I learned how to tell a story. Because if you listen to Sinatra, all of his songs are stories; there's a beginning, middle, and end. So that's where it comes from.

I just don't believe that you can't make anything happen. I think if something's good and you believe in it, and you care about it, and you give it love and nurture it, it's going to happen.

Freedom is saying I want to do this Not that

If asked my philosophy, it would be simply this: Savor life, don't press too hard, don't worry too much.

In New York City there are interesting characters and there are interesting stories. There's a story on every street corner. I love it. I think that's what really attracts me to making films.