“At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve.”

“Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies.”

“It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.”

“I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not aware of it passing.”

“Arrogance never takes you anywhere. If you're arrogant and try to subvert your subordinates just remember time changes and you May not be in the position someday. They are younger and they will be ...”

“Life is a continue learning process.Each day presents an opportunity for learning.”

“Bak stood a moment, as though considering whether the sum total of their shared working life was ending in a minus or a plus.”

“No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons.”

“If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.”

“I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.”

“There's something very cool about that indie spirit that I try to hang on to even now with the bigger films that I'm working on.”

“My dad could be beyond brilliant but totally introverted. If we're talking about computers, he's on. Otherwise, he's a total recluse - he stays in the house and won't leave, and I'm like that. If I...”

“Besides the two Christmas things, we've got a about a dozen new tracks we're working on.”