A lot of things in history are timing, and it's very peculiar because in retrospect things [and] people can look more brilliant or necessary than they actually were.

Be relentless in your pursuit for expansion.

One of the things I've been talking about with my critical writing and my own work is that these movies are seen differently in a theatrical space. It's very important to me. I edit films to be seen theatrically, like fiction material I've worked on like Listen Up Phillip or other documentaries.

I often daydream about the future, thinking of the world in 100, 200 years, imagining what it looks like, feels like. I hope that my books are like ghosts that will inhabit this future.

An ecosystem that has the maximum amount of diversity is the richest.

I believe that everything happens for a reason, and what seems bad at first might in fact be something of a blessing.

Creative Endeavors are by their nature uncertain.