“I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.”

The first thing that I do when I come out every night is to look at the faces in front of me, very individually.

All people have is hope. That’s what brings the next day and whatever that day may bring. A hope grounded in the real world of living, friendship, work, family.

At the end of every hard day, people find some reason to believe.

The school system only recognizes one type of intelligence. There are so many different types of intelligence.

Music doesn’t tell you where to go. It says, go find your own place. That’s what it told me.

The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence.

A man armed with a rhyming dictionary is a dangerous man.

I’m ready to grow young again.

I’m ready to grow young again.

I’m ready to grow young again.

The light from the oncoming train focuses the mind.

The light from the oncoming train focuses the mind.

The light from the oncoming train focuses the mind.

I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.

I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.

I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.

Storytelling is about two things; it’s about character and plot.

A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.

Your story needs to move people’s spirits and build their goodwill, so that when you finally do ask them to buy from you, they feel like you’ve given them so much it would be almost rude to refuse.

Our life stories are at one and the same time reality, fallacy and fantasy.

Having a story is what people connect with, but the story alone doesn’t allow you to achieve greatness and results. It’s the day-to-day consistency of providing value to your audience.

It could be the end of a story. It could be the beginning.

The first 50 years of the cinema were absolutely great years. Original minds were at work establishing the ways to tell a story. And what is happening now is a copying, a pastiche-ing of what was done by great men.

She pushes buttons to her own securities. – a fair tale.