I Had Read Tons Of Science Fiction.

The Film Industry Is About Saying 'no' To People, And Inherently You Cannot Take 'no' For An Answer.

Religions Fulfill Deep-seated Psychological Needs For People, And If You Don't Get It From A Specific Religious Doctrine, You'll Get It From The Kind Of Films I Like To Make. A Film Like The Terminator Is Consciously Meant To Give A Sense Of Empowerment To The Individual.

To Convince People To Back Your Idea, You've Got To Sell It To Yourself And Know When It's The Moment. Sometimes That Means Waiting. It's Like Surfing. You Don't Create Energy, You Just Harvest Energy Already Out There.

I'm Certainly Not A Fan Of Conversion When You Could Shoot The Movie In 3-d.

The Literature Now Is So Opaque To The Average Person That You Couldn't Take A Science-fiction Short Story That's Published Now And Turn It Into A Movie. There'd Be Way Too Much Ground Work You'd Have To Lay. It's Ok To Have Detail And Density, But If You Rely On Being A Lifelong Science-fiction Fan To Understand What The Story Is About, Then It's Not Going To Translate To A Broader Audience.