I'm fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don't have enough confidence in my abilities to take criticism well. I take it personally. Start with 'It's a masterpiece,' and then tell me what you think could be changed.

I like Spike Lee a lot. He's incredibly gifted and I don't think he gets the credit he deserves as a filmmaker.

I don't know if I ever really bought into the eternal damnation bit.

I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view.

Any journey in life, if not done for human reasons of understanding and love, would be a very empty and lonely one.

Our resistance to this war should be our resistance to profit at the cost of human life. Because that is what these drums beating over Iraq are really about. This is about business.

I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you censor yourself.