One does not have to make Frank Capra movies to like people.
A satirist is someone who has a very skeptical view of human nature, but who still has the optimism to make some sort of a joke out of it. However brutal that joke might be.
A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.
Never say no to an idea - you never know how that idea will ignite another idea.
The truth of a thing is in the feel of it, not in the think of it.
It's crazy how you can get yourself in a mess sometimes and not even be able to think about it with any sense and yet not be able to think about anything else.