The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.

I want big ideas to have aesthetic relevance. I want to tickle people's intellectual sensibilities and instill a sense of wonder.

It's time for the party of big ideas, not the party of Big Brother!

There is no accountability today... no willingness to focus on big ideas.

I always tell people that revelling in big ideas for me is kind of like an antidote to existential angst.

What I notice about people who are gifted in filmmaking is that they're great thinkers. They engage with big ideas and they engage with people.