The past is just a story we tell ourselves.

I feel like everything I make is personal to me.

As a parent, your perspective of childhood is through the eyes of this person that you care so much about and you just want the world to be great for them. You want their life to be easy and happy.

On everything I do I'm always taking someone's money, whether it's a movie studio or a record label. Somebody's paying for it, and I'm always respectful of that. But I'm never going to compromise.

You make a movie that is about what you want it to be about and let people have their reaction to it.

If I leave my phone in the car and go to dinner or something for a few hours, I'm very proud of myself.

Even in this world where you’re getting everything you need and having this nice life, there’s still loneliness and longing and disconnection.