One man writes a novel. One man writes a symphony. It is essential that one man make a film.

I will say that the God concept is at the heart of 2001 but not any traditional, anthromorphic image of God. I don't believe in any of Earth's monotheistic religions, but I do believe that one can construct an intriguing scientific definition of God, once you accept the fact that there are approximately 100 billion stars in our galaxy alone, that each star is a life-giving sun and that there are approximately 100 billion galaxies in just the visible universe.

Everything has already been done. every story has been told every scene has been shot. it’s our job to do it one better.

Like the man said, can happiness buy money?

If you really want to communicate something, even if it’s just an emotion or an attitude, let alone an idea, the least effective and least enjoyable way is directly. It only goes in about an inch. But if you can get people to the point where they have to think a moment what it is you’re getting at, and then discover it, the thrill of discovery goes right through the heart.

Everybody has their black moments.

It's impossible to tell you what I'm going to do except to say that I expect to make the best movie ever made.