A story doesn't live until it is imagined in someone's mind.
True movies will never be measured by how much they make - they'll be measured by how they make you feel.
When you start searching for your name, you might be thrilled with what a lot of people say and it just takes one person. And it can hurt your feelings, but I have been aware of the fan bases and stuff like that and realize how deeply involved they are.
I've had moments in my life where it was all out on the table. Everything I had. I'm okay with that, because I had a strong belief that what I was doing other people could believe in it, too, if I can get it just right.
I try to please myself. I don't try to anticipate what people want to see.
I have a tremendous belief in people, not that people don't let me down, not that I haven't maybe let some people down. But I have a tremendous belief in people and in the common experience.
Conventional wisdom can get us into so much trouble, especially as artists.
The universe forces those who live in it to understand it.
Birds always seem like they're swooping down on you.
We confuse ourselves with space-time events, when in fact we are the ones who generate these space-time events.
In backbends, one touches the body physically, mentally, intellectually, consciously and spiritually everywhere.