You can't change who you are, so I think that the only thing you can do is just never talk to people about stuff and then hope that maybe does something.

People are sort of numb to watching violence, but sexual activity is still as strong as it ever was in terms of generating response.

Castro, without question, is one of the smartest politicians that's ever walked.

There's a difference between failures and things that are bad.

A big part of making an album is that you want to have enough material - you want to have enough stuff for people to hear and know that it represents you. So it does sometimes turn into a situation where you're saying to the person you're working with, "Well, what do you want?" But then there are other times when I work with people and they'll turn to me and say, "How do you want to do this?" And that's actually when I work best.

I come from a generation that was surrounded by popular music, but I don't know if anybody's ever going to move the ball forward as far and as fast as the Beatles did.

My first three movies, I didn't start editing until we were finished shooting. That's unthinkable to me now.