I mean, like, I can go in a room and say, look, 'Watchmen' should be at least 15 minutes longer than 'Batman.' I mean, that's, like, any geek will tell you that.

When Reality is a prison, Your mind can set you free.

There's very few dork movies made by dorks.

We've tried as hard as we can into keep the ideas intact in the hail storm that is Hollywood, so, whether he is or not, I'm personally proud of what I've been able to jam down their throats.

The eyes get lost in 3-D. With 3-D, your eyes are looking for the plane of focus, right? And the problem is, when you do quick cuts, your eyes can't find it.

I think I just have a natural operatic aesthetic. I can't help it.

My mom always encouraged me, it was never weird. She'd look at 'Heavy Metal' and go 'Woo-hoo!'

It's difficult to find a movie that feels true to itself. You feel the hand of Hollywood, the moviemaking by committee, on everything.

I write in a pretty straightforward way. I kind of sit down at page one and start writing.

It's more like Christmas, you know, when you get a shot in that looks great and it's exactly what you want. It's a great feeling, and there's nothing like it.

When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.

It is unfortunate for the gods that, unlike us, they cannot commit suicide.

You didn’t make her sue you, even if you did punch her at that wedding.

The more civilization progresses, the hollower it becomes and the easier to destroy it.

Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.

As long as Christ sits on the throne, every day is a good day and all days are days of salvation.

Men go to the theatre to forget; women, to remember.

To be a professional tennis player you need to put in these sort of hours.

Leadership is different from management, but not for the reasons most people think.

I'm one of those people that loves to try everything.

And I can just see that sometimes the technique is blasting powder rather than steady struggle.