I used to feel competitive about a career, but now the only things I'm really passionate about are my family, the environment and Indians.

The country is so wounded, bleeding, and hurt right now. The country needs to be healed-it's not going to be healed from the top, politically. How are we going to heal? Art is the healing force.

I have a lot of land. I bought it because I had a very strong feeling. I was in my early twenties, and I had grown up in Los Angeles and had seen that city slide off into the sea from the city I knew as a little kid. It lost its identity - suddenly there was cement everywhere and the green was gone and the air was bad - and I wanted out.

Water is the sleeping giant issue of the 21st century and we all need to wake up about it.

I don't think you can ever return, really.

Lastly get emotionally connected to your story so you can deliver it, you know, if you can't deliver the emotions to your script there's no point to your story. Story is the key.

Criticism challenges current findings. The effort to defend one's position can lead to deeper insights or consideration of options previously not considered.