That's what I love about music...all these banalities suddenly turn into these beautiful, effervescent pearls.

Trying to find the story within the story was hard. Filmmaking is such a reductive process in a strange way and you keep whittling away to what is essential.

Whoever controls your energy controls your destiny. 100 percent renewable energy is 100 percent American.

It's easy to do nothing, but your heart breaks a little more every time you do.

Studio movies are looking more like independent movies and independent movies are looking more like studio movies, and I think cinema is better now because of it.

I have a carpool with a corrections officer and a construction worker. My kids get to see that we're not segregated based on wealth or standing. It's very cool.

Nothing anyone says in a bar is true.