Failure Is An Option, Fear Is Not.

I Tried [being A Mogul]. It Bores Me. I Don't Really Want To Produce Other People's Movies. Because They're Either Grown-up Filmmakers Like Steven Soderbergh Or Kathryn Bigelow That Didn't Really Need Me - And I've Produced Both Of Them. It's Fun To Sit Around With Them And Be Collegial, But They Don't Need Me. They Can Make The Film Without Me. I Make My Own Stuff. There Are Tons And Tons Of Other Things I'm Interested In That Have Nothing To Do With Movies Or Are Documentary Projects.

That Worst Evil Of Long Dictatorships: The Loss Of All Political Experience.

So Much Of Literary Sci-fi Is About Creating Worlds That Are Rich And Detailed And Make Sense At A Social Level. We'll Create A World For People And Then Later Present A Narrative In That World.

There Is A Hugely Underserved Population Out There... Those Who Are The Least Capable Of Paying Pay The Highest.

My Mother Was A Housewife But She Was Also An Artist. My Father Was An Electrical Engineer.