My dad took me out to see a meteor shower when I was a little kid, and it was scary for me because he woke me up in the middle of the night. My heart was beating; I didn't know what he wanted to do. He wouldn't tell me, and he put me in the car and we went off, and I saw all these people lying on blankets, looking up at the sky.

My first reaction every time I delve into an episode of history that I don't know very much about is... my first reaction is anger that my teachers never taught me about it.

People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning.

Whether in success or in failure, I'm proud of every single movie I've ever directed.

The public has an appetite for anything about imagination - anything that is as far away from reality as is creatively possible.

The most expensive habit in the world is celluloid, not heroin, and I need a fix every few years.

I just had a crazy, wild imagination all my life, and science fiction is the greatest outlet for me.