I think that you try to raise the bar on whatever you do because you know, in this day of having to deal with a lot of reality TV, people say that scripted programming is dying, so you have to try to create something that can live in people's minds, long after they see it.

Sometimes we worry about the things that you know that matter the least and don't focus on the things that matter the most.

The truth is, I just want do things that are original and throw an original spin on them.

If you're willing to tell somebody that you love them, are you also willing to say you're sorry? You need to, even when you think you're in the right.

We still live with this unbelievable threat over our heads of nuclear war. I mean, are we stupid? Do we think that the nuclear threat has gone, that the nuclear destruction of the planet is not imminent? It's a delusion to think it's gone away.

The movies helped define how I should be as a person.

Conventional wisdom can get us into so much trouble, especially as artists.