If I were to do a movie about Apollo 13, I'd be at NASA studying what it took to go into space. It's part of your job to go deep, to interview the right people.

We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.

Some people do not get it right away. That's okay. It is supposed to be a puzzle.

Success is really about your mindset.

You have to enjoy yourself when you go to the movies. People don't want to spend their hard earned money to simply go see a history lesson.

Traditionally, introducing yourself and your music to the right people has meant creating a press kit. And that means a well-designed brochure that showcases your talents and distinctive sound, along with a CD so they can actually hear you.