I wanted to be a scientist. But I had no math skills.

We’re all misfits herefrom our weirdnesses and our differences, from our manic fixations, our obsessions, our passions. From all those wild and wacky things that make each of us unique.

I have a great respect for the academics who are working with the source material. My hat's off to them.

Filmmaking can be a fine art.

I was a great fan of Jim Henson.

But for me, really, the written word is always stronger than film.

Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it is new, its modern popularity is new, but it's been around as long as literature has been around.