151 Quotes by Spike Jonze

Music is thousands and thousands of years old and I don't think that basic, primitive connection to the language of music ever changes.

As a parent, your perspective of childhood is through the eyes of this person that you care so much about and you just want the world to be great for them. You want their life to be easy and happy.

'Where The Wild Things Are,' I think I could have written on my own. When I brought Dave Eggers on, I already had 60 pages of notes. I technically could have, but I don't think I was ready to. I needed him to be there and help me.

When I'm making stuff, the thing that excites me most is not the result, but the process and trying to do something I've never done before.

Moms are people, too. Moms make mistakes, too.

Movies, they take years of my life, so I'm fortunate that I get to work in a lot of different mediums.

Maurice Sendak never - I remember he said something that was very striking because it's something I never thought about. I always loved his work, and he said, 'I don't really view myself as a children's book author. I just try and write about childhood as honestly as I can.'

Me and my friends had BMX magazines and skate magazines, and I was a photographer who made skate videos.

Obviously technology has become such a big presence in our lives and, I definitely know, in my life.