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

Why pay a dollar for a bookmark? Why not use the dollar for a bookmark?

I usually do about five cuts as a director. I haven't ever directed a film where I haven't made five passes through the movie, and that takes a long time.

I even get inspired by movies that aren't very good, because there's always something good in movies that are collectively thought of as a failure. There's good in everything, I find.

I am an American Jew and aware of the sensitivities involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

So I try to re-invent my own eye every time I tackle a new subject. But it's hard, because everybody has style. You can't help it.

You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can't even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know.