He enlisted and went on to fight in World War II and fight for civil rights at home, when he got back, ... He had a whole, rich life, full of passion and purpose. He died surrounded by a lot of people who loved him; it's pretty much a straight-up American dream. |
He made it cool to be a thinking person seeking a spiritual experience. |
He was such a punk when he was a kid, ... It can be hard growing up in front of the public that way, and I always admire people who handle that with grace. |
I kill flies, I eat meat, you know, whatever. |
I was the first one in my group to get married. Now I've split up, they're all married. They're like 'Come with us to our couple's retreat'. No thanks. |
Memory is a wonderful thing if you don't have to deal with the past, |
My grandfather was a great example of his generation, |
My relationship to reality has been so utterly skewed for so long that I don't even notice it any more. It's just my reality. |
There are a great many people that see independent film as a stepping stone to some kind of grand idea of some very large accomplishment, ... And there are some that see independent film as accomplishment enough, of pushing forward thought and telling stories that are hard to get told, pushing the medium forward, and John ... has been that for me and a lot of other people, I know. |
There's something at the root of our love-hate relationship with celebrity that I think has the makings, if you could do it in a really substantive way, of a great modern American novel. And it's something I know a lot about, and so I feel like that's the book that I should write. |