My plan was to stay in Canada to make films.

I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films.

I have a bad reputation for being temperamental.

When you meet me, I can be charming and intelligent and reasonable.

Everything about filmmaking tries to distract you from that first fine rapturous vision you have of the film.

I'm not an easygoing guy as a director.

But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood.

When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.

I wanted to make Canadian films, and I ended up making American films.

Books have a complete disregard for your feelings. They don't care if you are crying. They are going to continue making you cry.

A person's last moments are an important thing. Yuou can't choose how you're born, but you can choose how you die.

History should be written as philosophy.

You really ought to read more books - you know, those things that look like blocks but come apart on one side.

A man who thinks too much about his ancestors is like a potato-the best part of him is underground.

Walking is a man's best medicine.

By education most have been misled; So they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, And thus the child imposes on the man.

The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me

Efforts to reform are often met with resistance because the system always tries to fall back to the status quo and what is comfortable.

Football comes naturally to me, but basketball is a challenge, that's why I like it so much.