I Am King Of The World!

So Much Of Literary Sci-fi Is About Creating Worlds That Are Rich And Detailed And Make Sense At A Social Level. We'll Create A World For People And Then Later Present A Narrative In That World.

I Tend To Like Strong Female Characters. It Just Interests Me Dramatically. A Strong Male Character Isn't Interesting Because It Has Been Done And It's So Cliched. A Weak Male Character Is Interesting: Somebody Else Hasn't Done It A Hundred Times. A Strong Female Character Is Still Interesting To Me Because It Hasn't Been Done All That Much, Finding The Balance Of Femininity And Strength. [from A 1986 Fangoria Interview]

Tread Softly Upon The Earth Because The Faces Of The Unborn Look Up At You.

We Have A Great Responsibility. Whatever We Make Will Become The Truth, The Visual Reality That A Generation Will Accept.

A Director's Job Is To Make Something Happen And It Doesn't Happen By Itself. So You Wheedle, You Cajole, You Flatter People, You Tell Them What Needs To Be Done. And If You Don't Bring A Passion And An Intensity To It, You Shouldn't Be Doing It.