I will never make a movie about any of the events of 9/11.

All of us know that the survivors and witnesses have given us a precious gift whose wise use will build a better world for this and future generations.

You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can't even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know.

Audience members are only concerned about the story, the concept, the bells and whistles and the noise that a popular film starts to make even before it's popular. So audiences will not be drawn to the technology; they'll be drawn to the story. And I hope it always remains that way.

If you can build a narrative around a series of seemingly related events, it becomes more compelling, and this narrative fits together very well for Democrats.

History opens up new worlds to film-makers all the time.