"I know what it feels like to carry a lot of weight in a society that's very image-conscious. It's a thin person's world, and we try to navigate within it without being made fun of."

"All these people who say success changes people well, no, it just magnifies what's there."

"You know, comics and movies, even if you take a comic and turn it into a movie, we can't all be Joss Whedon."

"Other filmmakers make their movies and put them out and that's that. For me, for some odd reason, it goes deeper than that."

"I know the history of the record business so well because I followed Billie Holiday into the record studios. It was so primitive compared to the sophisticated business today."

"I think a film set is a quite controlled environment and you feel like you can trust them and it is going to be a safe place to work, but I really don't think about it."

"In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present."

"We are looking for development partners, people to work alongside us, which will accelerate our actually getting licences, the technology into product, into the markets."