We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on.

These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school.

It felt scary because there was no auditioning, no rehearsing.

By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.

Michael worked one day. Everybody was a little freaked out and nervous because he's a really big star. We were already working with really big stars, but Michael is Michael.

I'm an unusual director in that my cut is usually shorter then the final released film. I like short films.

Growing up, my fascination was all things dinosaur, and as an adult, I've had some success making films about aliens, so this is a dream come true.

It always happens at the end that you're always under the gun because of various schedules and all that.

I'm not the one or two take guy, but I'm not the 20, 30, 50, 70 take guy either. If I do a bunch of takes, like more than five or six, it's usually for some technical reasons.

The weird thing is that I hate to fly, and the quote that I give people is that every time I get off a plane, I view it as a failed suicide attempt.

Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.

I’m an idiot for thinking that one performance would change anything.Maybe I should stop writing songs and start writing fiction.

Belief traps or frees us.

Streams of conscious ‘knowing’ flows like the Nile when one is open from within.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The idea that He would take his attention away from the universe in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds is just so unlikely I can't go along with it.

Our whole life is an attempt to discover when our spontaneity is whimsical sentimental irresponsibility and when it is a valid expression of our deepest desires and values.

Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it.

There are as many foolhardy ways to grow as there are to downsize.

Americans have always had innovators and entrepreneurs who built real companies and create real value, but we should not and we will not respect those who get rich by cheating everybody else.

Stop this agony of wishing Play it out Don't think, don't hesitate Curving back within yourself Just create... Just create