In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature the oldest.
Privacy above all else. Some day, in the future, people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was.
If I fail, at least I will have failed my way.
I also feel like I've learned over the years what is not important, and that is also great: to know what is pointless to spend your energy on, to be more specific.
I do think it's true that anytime somebody comes to you and says, "I'd like to be in your film," it's never good to dismiss them or make fun of them, because if they're passionate and driven enough, they very well might find a way to be in your film.
If I make two movies my entire life, and they're two movies that - whether they make a lot of money or two people go to see them - they speak of me, then I consider them incredibly successful. I don't need to be Steven Spielberg.
My kids are young and my life with them is really stimulating and really full and significant.
If you hate something thoroughly without knowing why, you can be sure there is something of it in your own nature.
Sure there is none but fears a future state; And when the most obdurate swear they do not, Their trembling hearts belie their boasting tongues.
I'd rather just help people with my creative energy. I want to remind them that they're cosmic light inside physical forms and they're an incredibly special part of god's wild mind of love, but I'd love to do that in the form of playing at venues or showing a film at festivals.
The possession of land seems to be a greater gratification to the pride and independence of men.