The sort of movies I make are not ones that can easily be sold upfront, so I have to make them and prove their mettle before I can sell them.

I learn more with each film, and I gain confidence in my style of working. But at the same time, each one is a new monster.

Politicians are addicted to spending and revenue extraction. As with an addict, there's little pause for moral or legal contemplation.

Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the exact amount. The exact amount is no use to me.

So the hotel tells us that it is not safe to go in the water because its shark mating time. I know how I'd feel if someone interrupted me.

The shushumna is a tube. It is an astral tube, like a reed. It runs from the base of the spine to between the eyebrows and a little bit above.

The western spirit is, or will yet be (for no other is, or can be) the true American one.

Seek instant gratification - or the elusive promise of it - and chances are you'll find a crowd there ahead of you.

Someone who gossips well has a reputation for being good company or even a wit, never for being a gossip.

You can never really tell, it's kind of a red herring until you see the project I think. You just know if you like working with someone or not, and he does have a real sweetness about him, I think.

There's none so blind as those who will not listen.

The Navajos have a saying they live by: 'A land where there is time enough and room enough.' I want that, too.