There's a kind of beauty to a skyscraper.

You see in moments of duress not only the darkest parts of human nature but also the brightest, the most noble.

I see my work behind the camera as the actualization of a poem. I like to linger on images, conveying things through stillness.

Traditional westerns typify some of the hardships men face: you have to be rugged, silent, stoic. It's a man against nature, against the world.

When I play 'Grand Theft Auto,' I'm such a nerdy little law abider because I've always had this active imagination in which I sympathize and empathize with things.

I think it's a very powerful notion, the notion that our personal views, although closely held, are not necessarily right. That part of what is noble is making sure there are checks and balances and a plurality of opinions.

Being a lawyer, it's like holding a key card to a parallel dimension of rule sets in the world, and it's lovely to make sure that key continues to work and to continue to brush up on the law every so often.

I need to be believe that dragons are real. I want them be a real thing.

I log on and there are so many cookies embedded in my computer - it's like they know what I need before I do.