I like to take certain aspects of genre fiction and modify them in my own way. 'Your Republic Is Calling You' follows the form of a spy novel, but it leads readers into a world of Kafkaesque irrationality.
Your body is not your art - it's your paintbrush. Whether your paintbrush is a tall paintbrush or a thin paintbrush or a stocky paintbrush or a scratched up paintbrush is completely irrelevant.
There has to be something about your business that gets you excited. Otherwise, you probably wouldn't have spent your precious - irreplaceable - time on it.
One of the shocks of a 50th birthday is realizing the fundamental fact that your youth is irrevocably over.
Agriculture looks different today - our farmers are using GPS and you can monitor your irrigation systems over the Internet.
If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him.
Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.
If you want to end your isolation, you must be honest about what you want at a core level and decide to go after it.
You gotta start somewhere. It is what it is. People listen to Soundcloud more than the radio. So why would you put your music on the radio first?
You got to keep your feet on the ground, and it is what it is.
One thing that happens when you're pregnant is that as your stomach starts to stretch. It itches! So I have to keep my belly really lubricated. Every morning, there's a buttering ceremony after I get out of the shower. It's really like basting a turkey with body butter.
What do you say to your sister who poses in the nude? It's not like you are really itching to see photographs of your sister naked. I mean, it's just something that is not too exciting.
Test audiences are notorious for getting kind of itchy when people talk too much, and you have to trust your instincts that they don't necessarily understand that you're not digesting the movie on a scene-by-scene basis.
It doesn't matter if the item isn't your favorite thing as long it fits well.
Dad couldn't train me. He was too high-strung, like, 'Throw your jab!' and I'd start crying.
If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence.
If you ever want to understand multitasking in prose, James Joyce is your man.
You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage.
When you get moved around, it can be jarring, but it helps to fine-tune your focus in the middle of the season, when other guys are getting a little lackadaisical.
As a director, your expectation and reality don't always match up, and I think that that's... I think it's a little jarring.
