To me, thoughts are fun and art is fun. The strength of our society should not be idle entertainments but the joy of pursuing ideas.

You can have a lot of unhappiness by not having money, but the reverse is no guarantee of happiness.

What's really interesting about that is that a lot of these words that were incendiary in their time now seem almost harmless and laughable, because they have this archaic quality.

They are always very lax about putting restrictions on violence for children's movies, which I think is much more harrowing than sexuality for children.

But you know, there's always a danger nowadays that films are gonna be brought up to Canada for budget reasons. And that's something that really concerns me.

Whereas European films have traditionally been able to go into adult relationships. I think there's a huge audience in America for those kinds of films.

I read, therefore I'm interested in writers.

The truth is, I'm drawn to all kinds of things.

Making movies can be a creative exciting project for director and rest of staff.

Do it again and again. Consistency makes the rain drops to create holes in the rock. Whatever is difficult can be done easily with regular attendance, attention and action.

It is privilege of living to be ... acutely agonizingly conscious of the moment that is always present and always passing.

The days when you needed amazing Silicon Graphics machines to run animation software are gone now.

I have very nice cars. I never get to drive them, because I'm never home.

Of course, Bronx is also useful as a kind of living personality test. If Bronx likes you, it's a [darn] good sign.

The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears. They choke stuff down people's throat so they got no choice but to listen to it.

It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone... but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

Not all the snakes are poisonous and not all the poisons are deadly! Keep this in mind when bitten.

More people now work in the arts than the steel, coal and car industries combined.

Smoking is very bad for you and should only be done because it looks so good. People who don't smoke have a terrible time finding something polite to do with their lips.