If somebody has a better idea than me, I'll take it if it surpasses what we have on the page because at the end of the day, it's me that takes the credit anyway!
I got too fed up with films that didn't make you think. I liked the idea of one that you'd have to be dancing around with. I like my mind to be engaged when I watch a film.
The idea is that that there is no such thing as an external enemy.
I had this idea that I wanted to do this mixture of visions of African American women and visions of African American men. And call it 'The Men' and call it 'The Women' and show different faces of these two people.
The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.
My idea of a real treat is Magic Mountain without standing in line.
The idea of being in the State Department was exciting. On the other hand, I always had in the back of my mind going into politics. If I stayed in Washington, I might end up a government hack.
I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.
Before the group left, Gary asked for my phone number, and the next day he called to ask me to dinner that night. I had no idea he was married, but I found out that night.
I got this idea about being afraid to let go of something and being afraid of sinking into a state of almost anesthesia, where you have to trust other people. Just the paranoia of it all. And it seemed to suit the frenetic track. So I just wrote it out and, you know, said it.
I have found out one thing and that is, if you have an idea, and it is a good idea, if you only stick to it you will come out all right.
I'd even say it's a realistic film because that's the way it happens in our heads; that was the idea.
A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.
No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life.