The best time of my life has been the three instances where I have been there for the birth of my children. That is, nothing [else] has ever come close.

I feel I'm all over my movies. I know my movies are all over me.

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

Before I go off and direct a movie, I always look at four films. They tend to be The Seven Samurai, Lawrence Of Arabia, It's A Wonderful Life and The Searchers.

I was a scared kid... I think I was born a nervous wreck, and I think movies were one way to find a way transferring my own private horrors to everyone else's lives. It was less of an escape and more of an exorcism.

I think that the perceived downs in my own career come from just managing my time and not feeling that I have enough time for my family or my friends. You could put that in the personal life category but it's all one category because I've got to balance my family.

The older I get, the more I look at movies as a moving miracle.