My backpack has seven or eight DVDs in it and four or five of them have been there three months and I'm desperate to get to them.

The amount of piracy is extraordinary. People don't realize how big it is.

I think when you're doing something cutting edge like 'The Matrix,' it might mean when everybody's saying 'no' that you're really on the right track.

I don't like the term 'ensemble.' It's bland to me.

One of the things that's driving films in a particular direction is that the after market value of them is dropping really fast and in many segments of it, not just DVDs. Pay television is dropping.

Everybody has a background. Everybody has a past. Not everybody's the same person all the way through.

What I keep searching for in movies, more and more, is the right gravity.

What I can't figure out is why we're not making more R-rated movies, actually.

My experience is that you can't possibly win against whatever the tidal wave is that's coming at you.

It's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.

If the studio wants to spend money on making your movie better, let them.

The land of delight is holy sanctuary.

The highest knowledge, knowledge of the Holy Scriptures

Looking back on the God my friend believed in, he seems a little erratic, not entirely unlike her father - God as borderline personality.

I had the sensation that I might always be running like this, that I would always have to run, and that I would always be able to run.

Painting is an unspoken and largely unrecognized dialogue, where paint speaks silently in masses and colors and the artist responds in moods.

We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.

Our non-co-operation is with the system the English have established in India, with the material civilization and its attendant greed and exploitation of the weak.

We need a metaphor that can contain the daemon of the future that we have conjured into being.

I have a pro tools rig that I carry in my backpack.

I definitely believe in legalizing drugs. It does take the mystery away. It takes the money away, so suddenly there are no drug wars. If you're a junkie, you can get help easier.