We’re face to face with images all the time in a way that we never have been before... Young people need to understand that not all images are there to be consumed like fast food and then forgotten – we need to educate them to understand the difference between moving images that engage their humanity and their intelligence, and moving images that are just selling them something.

I tried for about two semesters in a preparatory seminary. But I was about 15 and didn't fully understand what a vocation means.

My films really have to be a part of a whole body of work that says something to me.

You've got to protect whatever creative talent you have left.

I happen to like vampires more than zombies.

DAYS THAT I'LL REMEMBER is a lovingly assembled and beautifully written collection of conversations, observations, and memories of music, friendship, and days gone by. It's good to be back again with John Lennon, his beloved Yoko Ono, and his trusted chronicler and friend Jonathan Cott.

I prefer people who don't get caught, and if they do get caught, I prefer people who don't give in.