Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of one's chosen form.

The most potent muse of all is our own inner child.

The noun of self becomes a verb. This flashpoint of creation in the present moment is where work and play merge.

The sorrows and disasters of Europe always brought fortune to America.

I've never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind. Apart from the beauty of looks and figure, which I cannot claim to have, there's just a particular kind of ordinary-Joe quality that a film star needs to have.

I never want to make a film. I don't wake up in the morning going, 'Ooh, I'd really love to be on set making a film today'. I'm aware that other contemporary film directors perceive film-making as what they do, as what they have to do. But I would hope that I am more catholic in my tastes.