I hate when people make a really good product and then stop making it. I get annoyed.

Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers.

I love New York. It's kind of perfect. I'm in New York part of the time and in L.A. part of the time. That's always been a goal, to be bicoastal in a real way.

I think we need to tell stories that reflect our world.

I did Chekhov's Three Sisters once. Two months in, I remember going, "Human beings shouldn't be forced to do or watch this play every night." It's so dark and so bottomless.

Normally when you're promoting something a lot, sometimes you get tired.

Though there is something cruel about being in Hawaii and you have a computer in front of you the whole time.

I always go to bed thinking I'm the luckiest guy in the world.

There's a logic to dreams that doesn't necessarily follow linear narrative. You don't know why things happen, it's your subconscious pushing you, to give you information.

Unless you hit your television with a sledgehammer, you're not going to be able to be an individual.

I've always been pretty happy with my style. I've been wearing tapered jeans since 1980 something.

Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human.

Los Angeles gives one the feeling of the future more strongly than any city I know of. A bad future, too, like something out of Fritz Lang's feeble imagination.

The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy.

If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.

I spent a lot of time protecting myself. I mean, I've met a lot of extraordinary people over the years - and I just wish I had been able to open myself up to them more.

Be a perfect flow of energy in whatever you chose to do. This is perfect action.

You can't go wrong with cocktail weenies. They look as good as they taste. And they come in this delicious red sauce. It looks like ketchup, it tastes like ketchup, but brother, it ain't ketchup!

There is no pestilence in a state like a zeal for religion, independent of morality.

If you really want to turn your health around, start juicing today.

Stuff me in a tutu and let's screen experimental videos all day.