Creativity is about taking what is the norm and expanding it and continuing to expand it and expand it and expand it and expand it.

People react to 'Drive' in a way that is very primal.

I'm calculated in other things, but not in what I make.

Art has the power to influence and to make you react to something that you normally wouldn't concern, worry, or even think about or wouldn't want to talk about.

I think 'Videodrome' was an absolute philosophical masterpiece.

My world is just one big chaos!

I've always felt that I was from the future because the future is really not about what you make but what you stand for.

Every film that you make has to have a scene that is the heart that blood flows through in every other scene. That scene doesn't always have to be in the beginning of the film. But it can also be at the end, or in the middle, and that can sometimes make the film more effective.

The first thing I do when I go to people's houses is look at their television, turn it on.

I'm dyslexic, which means I have trouble reading and writing. So images really speak to me.