Everything is a drug. Family, art, causes, new shoes… We’re all just tweaking our chem to avoid the void.

What I do like is hiking. And that's what filmmaking is. It's a hike. It's challenging and exhausting, and you don't know what the terrain is going to be or necessarily even which direction you're going in... but it sure is beautiful.

He's like Super Librarian, y'know? Everyone forgets, Willow, that knowledge is the ultimate weapon.

You are going to change the world, because that is actually what the world is. You do not pass through this life, it passes through you. You experience it, you interpret it, you act, and then it is different. That happens constantly. You are changing the world. You always have been.

All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn't your pet -- it's your kid. It grows up and talks back to you.

Peace comes from the acceptance of the part of you that can never be at peace.

'The Sixth Sense' is fine the second time around, but honestly, the first time around, it's dazzling.