People are becoming more and more aware of how the dominance of development and business is altering their lives and, in particular, their own heritage.

When I was about fifteen, I went to work at Yosemite National Park. It changed me forever. Nature had carved its own sculpture, and I was part of it, not the other way around.

The world around us is in a sea change, and I think the glory of art is that it cannot only survive change, it can lead it

Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature.

Part of me is drawn to the nature of sadness because I think life is sad, and sadness is not something that should be avoided or denied. It's a fact of life, like contradictions are.

Whereas money is a means to an end for a filmmaker, to the corporate mind money is the end. Right now, I think independent film is very confused, because there's excess pressure in the marketplace for entertainment to pay off.

You should prepare when you go to a public event to be public. That's when I will sign autographs. But not when you're going about your normal business.