When Reality Is A Prison, Your Mind

The Problem Is, When You're Making An Animated Movie, The Studio Has An Illusion In Their Minds - And It's Really Not True - That Because It's A Drawing, It Can Be Changed At Any Time.

Of Course It Would Depend On The Project, But I Don't Think I Could Ever Separate Myself From My Aesthetic.

Well, Bradbury's A Genius. Fahrenheit 451 Is One Of My Favorite Books Of All Time, And The Illustrated Man As A Collection Of Short Stories Ranks Up There. When You Read It You Realize How Influential It Is On So Many Other Stories And People.

I Think Up To This Point, It's Been Difficult To Suggest A World Where Batman And Superman And Wonder Woman And Others Could Exist In The Same Universe. That Was One Of The Things I Really Wanted To Try And Get At. Not To Mention, The Amazing Opportunity To Bring Those Characters And Have Those Characters Tell An Important Story, Their Own Story, Within The Confines Of A Film.

Look, If You Have A Problem With Distilling The Battle Of Thermopylae Down To Freedom Versus Tyranny, You Need To Read Herodotus Because He's The One. It's His Fault, Not Modern Culture's Fault. He Did It.' [victor Davis Hanson] References A Lot Of Things Like That Because He Feels Like The Spirit Of The Book And Of The Movie ["300"] Are Very Close To The Spartan Aesthetic. That's Really Kind Of What He Feels."