Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do..

My wish list is pretty short. I wish that we had empathy. As a society, we are so wrapped up in our own artificial creations that we have become disc….

Everything I do, it's all about making every moment a quality, meaningful moment..

I've been given the opportunity to be alive in this day and age, and it's rare..

When you are dealing with real life, there is no way to control it..

I can play a lot of things, but I haven't mastered any one. I use music really as a form of raw expression; escape from the real world..

We can not be naive and think we can go it alone..

You can't expect people to do the right thing or else they will go to hell. We are already in hell!.

When I feel myself getting overwhelmed, I take a deep breath and eat a piece of chocolate..

My only ambition when I came to Hollywood was to pay my rent..

I'm one with New York, and New York is one with me. I grew up there; there's no escaping it. We're like Siamese twins, if you separate us, I'll die..

Find a partner, commit to taking action, and hold each other accountable. Helping our planet is not a one-person or one-country job; we need to be go….

In narrative films, you set up reality, so you can limit the variables. You don't have that luxury with docs..

What is important is family, friends, giving back to your community and finding meaning in life..

Music is a language of emotion. I'm passionate about it because I think it's the most direct way to connect to the things that are ineffable. Words j….

I am happy to have success in the entertainment biz, but the root of my happiness comes from my neighborhood, NYC..

We can't be naive and think we can go it alone; we must humble ourselves and commit to routine and collective actions. This is just one reason why I ….

I'm sort of always trying to reinvent and recreate a better way of being, because, you know, democracy has been "the worst of all political systems e….

I really do believe that in order to overcome our environmental shortcomings, we have to act united as a people, and that means that every individual….

Happiness doesn't come from commercial success but from the quality of work that you give back to your immediate community..

I'm a filmmaker, I'm a storyteller, an entertainer, if you will, so what can I do to participate? Well, I'm not a scientist; I'm not an expert on env….