He never gave up. And he does that for us

I don't make unconventional stories; I don't make non-linear stories. I like linear storytelling a lot.

I am a very impatient director.

I would lose myself too much if I thought of myself as the audience.

All presidents swear an oath to the Constitution to keep this country united, and when the country fell apart, Lincoln had to put it back together again, with a lot of help. But he bore total responsibility.

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 can't describe it, what I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. This means something. This is important.