It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.

The most successful states in the 21st century will be those that can combine the efficiency of markets with the fairness of democratic institutions.

I think it's important to take risks in filmmaking.

"The most important thing is to stay committed."