All those years I had been making movies because I loved movies, and that's what made all the difference. If you're doing it because you love it you ….

It's such a drag to make a movie..

I kind of like working fast..

I like to keep my budgets at a certain price when I work for someone else, and even more so now that I'm working for myself, and use new technologies….

Yeah, I was always a big fan of noir..

I love working with great actors..

Data scientists are statisticians because being a statistician is awesome and anyone who does cool things with data is a statistician..

Only by seeking challenges can we hope to find the best in ourselves..

I collect a lot of art..

Don't look at all at what other people are doing. Think of what you're doing as completely fresh because if you imitate you're dead..

You ask any moviemaker what their favorite movie experience was, and they'll say it was one of the first ones, where everyone had to pitch in and do ….

Anyone who can only write about themselves or their life experiences, in my mind, isn't a very good writer..

Don't be told something is impossible. There's always a way..

Hollywood wants to own everything. I don't want to own anything. I don't want people just to make content, I want to empower and teach them to create….

Everything I've done has always been my own made up world with its own rules and its own made up stories..

I'm all about freedom in art. I'm from Texas, so when someone tells you which way to ride your horse, you think 'I'll just go to a different ranch. Y….

The accidents are things that audiences always remember most, I've found on my own movies. The things that they like the most are the things that wer….

Make DV movies so you can learn how to make films, but don't try to distribute them until they are fantastic..

Very few people have a lot of time to dedicate to one hobby. I was fortunate to have started so young, because when you're young you have nothing but….

Your mind just goes to the craziest idea to lure people into the theater, and then you write your script around those elements..

Tell everyone that your mistakes are art. You can get away with a lot that way..