I try to connect to human emotion. I'm always looking for something primal, something really base that is beyond language, that people understand beyond language.

When I was growing up, I installed refrigerators in supermarkets. My father was an electrical engineer.

Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.

There’s nothing you’ve ever been successful at that you didn’t work on every day.

The greatest experience I've ever had in a movie theater was watching "Star Wars." It shaped how I look at the world. My imagination was so small before I went in that theater and there was an explosion in my head. I just couldn't figure out how someone came up with it.

You play a part in every aspect of your life going the way you want or not going the way that you want. It has very little to do with other people.

Being realistic is the most commonly travelled road to mediocrity. What's the point of being realistic? It's unrealistic to walk into a room, flip a switch, and have light come on, but fortunately Edison didn't think so.