I found my father's Super8mm film camera when I was around eight years old and started shooting with it. I had no idea what I was doing at the time, but that's really where my filmmaking began.

Today, with computer-generated visual effects, everything is possible. So we've seen everything. If it can be imagined, it can be put on screen.

Screenwriting and making movies is really playing make-believe like most of us did as children.

For as long as I can remember, I've always had a wild imagination and always enjoyed reading and writing.

There is truly no other business in the world like making movies. It's unique, it's extremely demanding and difficult, but it's also the most rewarding.

Dreams do come true. But it will involve a lot of hard work, a lot of dedication, a lot of studying.

Get back up, shake the dust off and keep going. Keep going, because Hollywood is set up to make you fail.

My tombstone would someday read I died keeled over at my computer writing a screenplay or a business plan.

I've already made several friends-for-life from the latest movies I've worked on, and I know I'll make several more in the years to come.

The original Star Wars ("A New Hope") has had the greatest impact on me of all the films I've ever watched. It's really what sparked something in me to want to make movies.

I spent several years in the film finance business, but I returned to what I loved most about the industry - actual filmmaking, producing, writing and directing.

There were two girls in a room. They were reading a book… Look again, and the room is empty. The end of the story will have to wait.

Science is beautiful because of its endless curiosity.

One may deal with things without love...but you cannot deal with men without it...It cannot be otherwise, because natural love is the fundamental law of human life.

Do not waste time attempting to make sense out of nonsense.

Music is something that takes you to a world which is very different from the world of hatred,jealousy, and all those negative emotions

Being silly is still allowed, not excluded by adulthood. What's excluded by adulthood is thoughtlessness, so be thoughtful and silly

Let me get this straight. Your table ran away because you polished it with Windex?

Everything in life should be approached as a project. Every project can be broken down into just three things: Action Steps, Backburner Items, and References.

I'm a country boy. I grew up kicking around the woods, riding dirt bikes, playing football, climbing rocks and all that good stuff, so that's always been fun.

One must learn to be silent just as one must learn to talk.