I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.

The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.

You can never plan the future by the past.

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

I was raised around a lot of artists, musicians, photographers, painters and people that were in theater. Just having the art-communal hippie experience as a child, there wasn't a clear line that was drawn. We celebrated creative experience and creative expression. We didn't try and curtail it and stunt any of that kind of growth.

Sooner or later you must move down an unknown road that leads beyond the range of the imagination, and the only certainty is that the trip has to be made.

I want to make my kind of films but make them work commercially, too. When my presentation meets the director's imagination, the result will be great.

I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon.