"I don't make movies thinking: 'Oh, this is going to be a huge box-office hit.'"

"I don't have any romantic ideas about marriage. Trust me. A white dress... ? No. It's not something for me."

"A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty."

"Family is becoming more and more important to me."

"No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye."

"It is a timeless truth that the canvas of imagination has no boundaries except those imposed by fear — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"There are really three parts to the creative process. First there is inspiration, then there is the execution, and finally there is the release."

"While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings."