Power is knowing your past.

It gets dangerous when you start allowing people to validate your work.

'25th Hour,' like a lot of my films, takes place in New York City. I've been very fortunate to make films in the city that I live. I mean, it's great going home at night instead of being on location.

Critics like to build you up, tear you down, and then, if you're lucky, build you up again.

I've always tried to - when I've been able to - support young artists, no matter what medium.

The truth is I've been doing Kickstarter before there was Kickstarter; there was no Internet. Social Media was writing letters, making phone calls, beating the bushes.

Because many advances have happened, we've lost the urgency (and that's just human nature) that we had before, when we couldn't vote, couldn't use mass transportation, or drink from the fountains.