I think it's the society that drains us out, and we are in a society where we are driven by money.

Live your life, experience something, and then you're going to have a lot of things to say. But if you hang around in Hollywood, then you're going to say the same thing as everyone else - nothing.

Cinema never saved anyone's life, it is not a medicine that will save anyone's life. It is only an aspirin.

I never think about franchises, to be honest. I always just do the film.

I'm always attracted by people who are lost in their time. I think it helps us.

I wanted to prove that I could do something, so I made a short film. That was in fact my main concern, to be able to show that I could do one.

I won't be able to do a film just for bad reasons, for money or for - I just can't. If I have one more where I feel I can bring you something, I will do it.

I wanted to do something that was entertaining - but with a catch.

I think we have the wrong notion of commercial and intellectual or artistic film. Because all films are commercial.

You know sometimes you're in a position of risk and you feel that you can turn good or bad.

Sometimes I see people finish a film and they go, "Yeah, that was good. Where are we going to eat?"

If the world you created on your own is stronger than the real world, then the real world disappears and you stay alone with your own created world!

I write music because I love it. Sometimes more than anything in the world.

It's like night and day... to do business, in Europe, there is no bull, they are pretty straightforward.

I won Michigan in a massive landslide. Remember, I beat Kasich. Remember, [John] Kasich was gonna win Michigan? There was only one problem.

The past is a closed door.

I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels.

Great teams are not made up of many well-rounded players. Great teams are made up of a variety of players, each having their own strengths.

No one laughs at God in a hospital.

Beneath the surface, unnoticed by many, an even deeper force was at work—the rise of creativity as a fundamental economic driver, and the rise of a new social class, the Creative Class.

By thought, the thing you want is brought to you. By action, you receive it