Music is thousands and thousands of years old and I don't think that basic, primitive connection to the language of music ever changes.

I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past.

Even in this world where you’re getting everything you need and having this nice life, there’s still loneliness and longing and disconnection.

I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be invisible.

Don't differentiate between 'This is a job' and 'This is what I'm doing for fun.' It's all simultaneous.

You make a movie that is about what you want it to be about and let people have their reaction to it.

The things that are really out of control, and scary, are emotions - of people around you, that are unpredictable, or those in yourself which are unpredictable.

If I leave my phone in the car and go to dinner or something for a few hours, I'm very proud of myself.

The past is just a story we tell ourselves.

Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.

Be willing to get fired for a good idea.

Anyone can stay up late, but only the disciplined can get up early.

If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Our brain accepts what the eyes see and our eye looks for whatever our brain wants.

Love without action is meaningless and action without love is irrelevant.

No one fails alone and no one succeeds alone.

You don't force change; you just open yourself to its possibilities and let it work through you.

When I was very young and the urge to be someplace was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch.

When it comes down to it, I don't have much in the way of advice to offer you, but here it is: Read to children. Vote. And never buy anything from a man who's selling fear.

I'll challenge senators and kings for the right to know the truth, but far be it from me to challenge a woman in her own kitchen.

People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.