Howard Hughes was this visionary who was obsessed with speed and flying like a god... I loved his idea of what filmmaking was.

I was saying as a joke the other day that I love film editing, I know how to cut a picture, I think I know how to shoot it, but I don't know how to light it. And I realize it's because I didn't grow up with light. I grew up in tenements.

I loved the idea of seeing the world through a boy's eyes.

If you’re looking for the origins of film culture in America, look no further than Amos Vogel.

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

Eradicating a religion of kindness is, I think, a terrible thing for the Chinese to attempt.

I also saw the Dalai Lama a few times.