I didn't know my dad for a long time. My dad was on drugs and my dad was at the VA Hospital, my dad was off in his own world selling drugs or using them or there would be crack heads in the house or whatever it would be.

Copying isn’t particularly creative work. Being inspired by someone else’s idea to produce something new and different IS creative work.

Have you ever noticed how most critics disagree with the public? That should tell you a lot about critics.

I was always raised on cowboy films, and then when I could start making choices about the movies I wanted to watch I found myself wanting to watch gangster films which were slightly more sophisticated than the baseline stuff that was in westerns.

You have to be a master to teach.

My mom is at my house every day, and she nags me about everything, especially hygiene.

I'd love to go to school and have a normal life, but I don't see any professor at Yale being able to teach me more than Steven Spielberg.