“You can do pretty much anything you want in this world, and it’s not all that difficult – you just have to ignore the people who tell you that you need to go this way, and it’s the only way.”

The suburbs are incredibly oppressive. I actually believe that the suburbs are much more dangerous than the ghettos.

I think most artists feel like they’re outside society – no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your bank account, whatever is going on in your life on the professional side.

I thought it was a huge conflict of interest to be the director and the subject – it’s very sketchy territory to be in. I’ve seen what’s happened to other directors who have done that.

An artist doesn’t necesetharily have to get acclaim from the outside. Maybe it is much better if he can get validation from within.

I’ve noticed in my life that as you work on more things with more people, you spend less time hanging out with other people who are artists, creative people who give you a sense of family.

I’m a writer, so I interview people all the time, and I think of it as being a very creative process. Giving interviews is actually one of the most creative parts of the film promotion process.

In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.

I do know that for all the artists it’s very important to speak in a vernacular that can be understood by everyone.

These kids don’t know what to revolt against, so they just completely ignore it, which is a very frightening thing.

Young people should be helped, sheltered, ignored, and clubbed of necessary.

People go through life blindly, ignoring death like revellers at a party feasting on fine foods. They ignore that later they will have to go to the toilet, so they do not bother to find out where there is one.

There is no doubt that America is a superpower of the world and we cannot ignore them.

We resent being faced with facts we’d prefer to ignore as much as being wrongly accused of doing something we haven’t.

We can’t ignore the fact that ahead of us is a great war and this war is going to need significant preparation.

The gayety of life, like the beauty and the moral worth of life, is a saving grace, which to ignore is folly, and to destroy is crime. There is no more than we need; there is barely enough to go round.

But I believe the greatest enemy of the Bible is the so-called Christian who simply ignores the Bible or disregards it.