When I'm shooting in other cities, I'm just trying to make it look like California.

With photography, I like to leave a lot of the story, even to myself.

I think that's one of the reasons it's nice to leave out a lot; it can become a lot more personal to people if there is room for them to put their own experiential time track on it.

I never plan anything in an analytical way before I shoot, but when I look back there seems to be kind of a primary color palette.

I can't even imagine what it is like to make a movie that lasts two hours.

I am looking for the disconnected connection

It's always really scary to release new work.

I never thought about the green, but LA has a lot of greenery.

It's hard for me to approach [a film] as a still image now that I know exactly what it takes to make a movie. I mean, I know what it takes to make a movie that lasts five minutes.

I lived in London for small amounts of time, and in Florida and New York.

I always work with the same composer, his name is Ali Helnwein. I don't have a musical background.

There’s only one way to assure consistently good work. That is consistently thorough preparation.

Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history.

You can't fake a great steak nor can you convince a raging bull to give you a easy eight second ride.

When all other hope is gone, our Father in Heaven provides the Lamb of God, and we are saved by his sacrifice.

My own heart let me more have pity on; let Me live to my sad self hereafter kind, Charitable; not live this tormented mind With this tormented mind tormenting yet.

Can you imagine in 1968 some band being like, "Vietnam is the place to be!"

It's easier to write songs when you're single.

I used to have to save my allowances to buy a quart of rubber to make a mask, and it's how I spent all my free time.

If someone is difficult to talk to, if someone cannot communicate clearly, it's a real problem in terms of their likelihood to work out.

Not having children makes less work-but it makes a quiet house.