I think that's the job of a director really, to sort of funnel all the creativity into one centralized point of being.

One does not simply walk into Mordor.

The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking.

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.

Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.

If you work at love, you will find love at work.

Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant.

Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it.

Actors will never be replaced. The thought that somehow a computer version of a character is going to be something people prefer to look at is a ludicrous idea.

Every film is a challenge. I always say that making a movie is like film school - you're always learning. But unlike most schools, you never get done with it. You never learn everything.

Rivalry doesn't help anybody.

Light is all a flower longs for, even when surrounded with priceless jewels.

Everyone has a thousand wishes before a tragedy, but just one afterward.

I felt a surge of love for my aunt. We disagreed about so many things, yet here was family: the people who kept dancing with you, even after the music stopped.

Does it afflict you to find your books wearing out? I mean literally .. . the mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me but that of books most of all.

I'm a big fan of the laceless Converse for travel, with cute jeans, and throw on a little jacket, and you look presentable.

At drama school, I always picked the really evil roles. It's a great way to deal with your everyday emotions.

I think Noam Chomsky is a national treasure - make that an international treasure.

The simple and most complex answer is love.

If what I say resonates with you, it's merely because we're branches of the same tree.